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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. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Synecdoche.

2. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. By the end of "Food for the Common Cold," what do Frick and David understand about David's mother for the first time?
(a) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.
(b) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.
(c) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.
(d) Why she is so angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.

4. In "The Name Means Thunder," when does David say he thought about the nice things Frick sometimes did for him when he was a child?
(a) When talking about his past in therapy.
(b) During his brief marriage.
(c) After his mother finally passed away.
(d) When he was working in North Carolina.

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where is David trying to get a job?
(a) Family Dollar.
(b) T.J. Maxx.
(c) UPS.
(d) Tribal Maintenance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Name Means Thunder," why is David at school while Paige is having her baby?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the colloquial name used for the kind of beers that are in the bag when David hits Meekew?

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what reason does Fellis give David for dropping out of college?

5. In "Half-Life," when David is waiting for Meekew to get home, where is Meekew?

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