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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 "The Name Means Thunder," what techniques are used when David says that the sun will eventually "expand and swallow the Earth like food" (265)?
(a) Personification and juxtaposition.
(b) Juxtaposition and hyperbole.
(c) Hyperbole and analogy.
(d) Analogy and personification.

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," why does Fellis leave the bag of beers in the woods?
(a) He is worried that David will drink them all.
(b) He does not want his addiction counselor to see him with beer.
(c) He is planning ahead for the assault on Meekew.
(d) He does not want to try to take them into the bar.

3. In "In a Jar," what happens to David's medicine pouch?
(a) He loses it when he is outside playing.
(b) He gives it to Paige to protect the baby.
(c) It goes through the wash with his shirt and falls apart.
(d) It gets wedged between the bed and the wall.

4. In "Earth, Speak," what technique is used when David says, of Fellis, "He kicked and kicked and kicked at Daryl's side and stomach and at his head" (203)?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Polysyndeton.

5. In "Half-Life," what does Frances ask David to take care of before he leaves the assisted living facility?
(a) She asks him to find out which nurse is stealing from her.
(b) She asks him to check the mail for her.
(c) She asks him to tell the old white man to leave her alone.
(d) She asks him to fill the woodbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Night of the Living Rez," when David's mother drops a fork, what does she say this means?

2. In "Half-Life," what do David's mother and grandmother both ask him at different times?

3. In "Safe Harbor," what kind of medication does David's mother regularly take?

4. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?

5. In "The Name Means Thunder," what is David going to see a doctor about?

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