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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Night of the Living Rez," when the rain finally stops, what do JP, David, and Tyson spend the day doing?
(a) Tubing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Canoeing.

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

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

4. 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 darker.
(b) It is grayer.
(c) It is wetter.
(d) It is colder.

5. 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 talking about his past in therapy.
(c) When he was working in North Carolina.
(d) During his brief marriage.

6. In "Safe Harbor," what are the black boxes that David mentions the worker using in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lock boxes to guard medication.
(b) Files for medical records.
(c) Rodent bait boxes.
(d) Video surveillance equipment.

7. In "Smokes Last," what are the sources of most of the insults characters use against one another?
(a) Gender and intelligence.
(b) Strength and race.
(c) Race and gender.
(d) Intelligence and strength.

8. How old is David when "The Name Means Thunder" takes place?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

10. In "Safe Harbor," what is the name of the woman that asks David to get her some cigarettes?
(a) Meryl.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Norma.
(d) Donna.

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

12. In "Night of the Living Rez," what does David say the first people were made from?
(a) Ash.
(b) Clay.
(c) Stone.
(d) Shell.

13. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does the hospital keep calling about?
(a) They want to know who the baby's father is.
(b) They want to know why Paige has not returned for a check-up.
(c) They want to know the baby's name.
(d) They want to know who the baby's pediatrician will be.

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

15. In "Smokes Last," what distinctive item of clothing does Tyson wear?
(a) A blue and white ski jacket.
(b) A camouflage-patterned hunting cap.
(c) An orange winter jacket.
(d) A New England Patriots hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Night of the Living Rez," how old is David?

3. Where are Fellis and David when "Half-Life" opens?

4. In "Half-Life," what is the implied reason that David throws up as soon as he gets home to his mother's house?

5. In "Half-Life," what does David compare the assisted living facility to?

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