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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Night of the Living Rez" and "The Name Means Thunder".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Half-Life," what is the implied reason that David throws up as soon as he gets home to his mother's house?
(a) He is suffering from drug withdrawal.
(b) He is upset about disappointing his mother and grandmother again.
(c) He ate spoiled food at Fellis's house.
(d) He has a hangover from drinking the night before.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?
(a) Tabitha's friend.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) Fellis's aunt.
(d) A friend of David's mother.

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where do the tribal police find David's grandmother?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In a stranger's house.
(c) By the river.
(d) In the old graveyard.

4. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does Bedogi sleep in?
(a) A cardboard box.
(b) David's old crib.
(c) A dresser drawer.
(d) An ash basket.

5. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synesthesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what is implied when David tells his mother about the Western Union money and she says "I think I can drive" (152)?

2. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?

3. In "Smokes Last," what is the answer to the security question David answers for Western Union?

4. In "Earth, Speak," why is David so sick in the period right after he runs from the police?

5. What is the implied reason that Fellis's lip is purple?

(see the answer key)

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