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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Half-Life," how long have David and his mother been living together without either Flick or Paige?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Eight months.

2. In "Night of the Living Rez," what has Frick been expressing paranoid thoughts about?
(a) Jesuits.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Bad spirits.
(d) Zombies.

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," why is David at school while Paige is having her baby?
(a) He is excited to present his project on the planets and wants to go to school instead of the hospital.
(b) He is always behind in his classes, and his mother does not want him to miss any more school.
(c) His mother cannot cope with him being underfoot when she needs to focus her attention on Paige.
(d) His mother is afraid he is getting sick and does not want to risk him spreading germs to the new baby.

4. In "Earth, Speak," where is the first place David goes after he leaves Ralph's place?
(a) Meekew's apartment.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Tabitha's apartment.
(d) Beth's house.

5. In "Half-Life," what does David compare the assisted living facility to?
(a) A cave.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Plastic.
(d) A prison.

6. In "Half-Life," what slang word do David and Fellis use to refer to the pills they are both taking?
(a) Pins.
(b) Super Valium.
(c) Tranks.
(d) Sleepers.

7. In "Half-Life," when David is waiting for Meekew to get home, where is Meekew?
(a) In jail.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At his college.
(d) At David's house.

8. In "Half-Life," what do David's mother and grandmother both ask him at different times?
(a) Whether he has heard from Paige.
(b) Whether he is sleeping.
(c) Why he broke up with Tabitha.
(d) When he is going to get a job.

9. In "Night of the Living Rez," what is all over David's face when his mother comes home at the end of the story?
(a) Ash.
(b) Tears.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Blood.

10. In "Night of the Living Rez," what has David changed about his appearance while at his father's?
(a) He has painted his nails.
(b) He has a tattoo.
(c) He has cut his hair.
(d) He has an earring.

11. In "Night of the Living Rez," what does JP accuse Tyson of being afraid of in the woods?
(a) Porcupines.
(b) The swamp woman.
(c) Bears.
(d) Paige.

12. In "The Name Means Thunder," what causes Paige's baby to be sick when he is born?
(a) An immature respiratory system.
(b) A heart defect.
(c) Methadone withdrawal.
(d) Fetal alcohol syndrome.

13. 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) Polysyndeton.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synesthesia.

14. In "Night of the Living Rez," who comes out of the woods, startling the boys when they are waiting for the pugwagee?
(a) Meekew.
(b) Frick.
(c) David's mother.
(d) Paige.

15. What techniques are used in "Safe Harbor" when David says "sharp pine trees clutter and lean into each other, and cardinals and finches flutter and jet from tree to tree" (127)?
(a) Parallelism and rhyme.
(b) Synesthesia and asyndeton.
(c) Rhyme and synesthesia.
(d) Asyndeton and parallelism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what thematic motif does the setting of the clearing in the woods symbolically reinforce?

2. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does Bedogi sleep in?

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," what movie do the boys joke about that makes David hungry for fry bread?

4. In "Half-Life," which earlier story does David allude to when he is telling Fellis a story from his childhood?

5. How old is David when "The Name Means Thunder" takes place?

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