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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what thematic motif does the setting of the clearing in the woods symbolically reinforce?
(a) Substance abuse is an understandable response to trauma.
(b) A child surrounded by poor role models is unlikely to thrive.
(c) Insularity is a natural response to constant prejudice from outsiders.
(d) Growing up on the reservation can be lonely and difficult.

2. In "Earth, Speak," what does David steal from Daryl's cabin?
(a) An ash basket.
(b) An iPod.
(c) Money.
(d) Pills.

3. 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.

4. In "The Name Means Thunder," what is David going to see a doctor about?
(a) Stomach pain.
(b) Hearing loss.
(c) Cataracts.
(d) Heart problems.

5. In "Earth, Speak," why was David kicked out of his house?
(a) He overdosed on the living room couch.
(b) He brought a loaded weapon inside the house.
(c) He threatened to hit his mother.
(d) He stole from his mother.

6. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Identification.
(c) Money.
(d) Paperwork.

7. In "Earth, Speak," where do the police catch up with Fellis?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Pittsburgh.

8. In "Half-Life," what color does David find his hands are stained?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Orange.
(d) Black.

9. In "Earth, Speak," what is the implied reason that David lost his take-home privileges at the methadone clinic?
(a) He has been selling the take-home doses.
(b) He missed an appointment.
(c) He has been doubling up on his doses.
(d) He threatened the nurse practitioner.

10. In "The Name Means Thunder," how does David's mother's memory differ from David's?
(a) She claims that Bedogi died in the hospital.
(b) She claims that Paige took Bedogi with her when she left.
(c) She claims that David was at his father's when Bedogi died.
(d) She claims she did not leave David alone with Bedogi.

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

12. Where are Fellis and David when "Half-Life" opens?
(a) At Jim's Corner.
(b) In an abandoned silo.
(c) In Fellis's bedroom.
(d) Outside Meekew's apartment.

13. In "Smokes Last," what does David believe is the reason his mother has been irritable with him and Frick lately?
(a) Paige is in rehab.
(b) His mother has lost her job.
(c) His mother is trying to quit smoking.
(d) There is not enough food money.

14. 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) After his mother finally passed away.
(b) When he was working in North Carolina.
(c) During his brief marriage.
(d) When talking about his past in therapy.

15. 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) Juxtaposition and hyperbole.
(b) Analogy and personification.
(c) Personification and juxtaposition.
(d) Hyperbole and analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Earth, Speak," where is the first place David goes after he leaves Ralph's place?

2. In "Safe Harbor," how many times has David's mother been in the crisis stabilization clinic during the past three months?

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," when David gets home and turns the television off, what does he hear?

4. In "Night of the Living Rez," how long has it been since David last spent the summer with his father?

5. In "The Name Means Thunder," why does David's mother not want Frick to go look for Paige?

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