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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 many days does David manage to go without taking any Klonopin?
(a) Zero.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. In "Safe Harbor," how does David end up in the emergency room, himself?
(a) He is assaulted.
(b) He overdoses.
(c) He has a panic attack.
(d) He has a car accident.

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," what planet does David choose to label with an alternative name?
(a) Earth.
(b) Mars.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Pluto.

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

5. In "Earth, Speak," what is the bad smell outside Daryl's uncle's cabin coming from?
(a) A dead deer.
(b) The outhouse.
(c) Mounds of garbage.
(d) The skunk under the porch.

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

7. In "Safe Harbor," what does the reader learn about David's father?
(a) He is in jail.
(b) He has moved to Maine.
(c) He has offered David a job.
(d) He has died.

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

9. In "Smokes Last," what is David's intention when he tells JP that Tyson said he is too heavy for the rope swing?
(a) He is hoping that JP will be angry and decide not to play the game.
(b) He is teasing Tyson by trying to rile up JP against him.
(c) He wants JP to understand that he is too old for things like rope swings.
(d) He wants JP to be aware of how Tyson talks about him behind his back.

10. In "Earth, Speak," why is David so sick in the period right after he runs from the police?
(a) He has hypothermia.
(b) He is suffering from withdrawal.
(c) He has an infected wound on his forehead.
(d) He ate spoiled food at Ralph's.

11. In "Night of the Living Rez," how does David feel the world changes each time he comes home from a visit to his father?
(a) It is colder.
(b) It is darker.
(c) It is grayer.
(d) It is wetter.

12. In "Earth, Speak," what does David infer when he hears the dogs barking?
(a) Someone has forgotten to feed them.
(b) Someone is trying to get into his house.
(c) The police are searching for him.
(d) The dogs have cornered a porcupine.

13. In "Safe Harbor," what is David's intent when he tells his mother that she is hallucinating?
(a) To tease her and make her laugh.
(b) To make it clear that his perspective is more accurate.
(c) To upset her and make her doubt herself.
(d) To let her know that her delusions can be dangerous.

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

15. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does Paige burn at the end of the story?
(a) Tobacco and sage.
(b) Bedogi's birth certificate.
(c) David's toy men.
(d) The ash basket.

Short Answer 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)?

2. In "Smokes Last," what item of clothing is Tyson constantly trying, unsuccessfully, to keep clean?

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," who is Marla?

4. In "Half-Life," what is the name of the assisted living facility that Frances is living in?

5. 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)?

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