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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The Name Means Thunder," who is Marla?
(a) A baby nurse.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A neighbor.

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," why does David's mother not want Frick to go look for Paige?
(a) She is afraid of where Frick might find Paige and what Paige might be doing.
(b) She knows that what he really wants is to get away so that he can drink.
(c) She does not really want Paige to come home right away, because she is too angry.
(d) She understands why Paige ran off, and she knows that Paige will likely return soon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Safe Harbor," what does David say his mother lost at a restaurant?

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

3. In "Safe Harbor," where has David recently gotten a job?

4. In "Half-Life," how long have David and his mother been living together without either Flick or Paige?

5. In "Night of the Living Rez," who comes out of the woods, startling the boys when they are waiting for the pugwagee?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Half-Life," what series of questions does David ask himself about his life?

2. In "Half-Life," how does David's preoccupation with his grandmother's words as he walks home from the swamp foreshadow the fact that she has died?

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," what is ambiguous about Bedogi's manner of death, and why?

4. In "Night of the Living Rez," what are the pugwagees?

5. In "Night of the Living Rez," what is a reasonable inference about whom Paige is referring to when she loudly calls someone "That motherfucking pig," and what evidence backs up this inference (244)?

6. In "Night of the Living Rez," what does David think the woman has in the Gatorade bottle, and how does he later learn what the liquid really is?

7. What aspects of the narrative voice in "The Name Means Thunder" clarify for the reader the time period in which David is telling these stories?

8. In "Earth, Speak," how does a comment from Tabitha seem paradoxical to David?

9. In "Smokes Last," how do David and Tyson end up breaking a window?

10. In "Safe Harbor," what does David's reaction to his mother's medical crisis reveal about their relationship?

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