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

2. At the end of "Smokes Last," what does David's mother leave on his dresser?
(a) A news article.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) A note from Paige.

3. In "Smokes Last," what item of clothing is Tyson constantly trying, unsuccessfully, to keep clean?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His pants.
(d) His hat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Night of the Living Rez," what is all over David's face when his mother comes home at the end of the story?

2. In "Safe Harbor," what are the black boxes that David mentions the worker using in the beginning of the story?

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," when David is upset about Paige, what does JP suggest they can do to make David feel better?

4. In "Half-Life," when David is waiting for Meekew to get home, where is Meekew?

5. In "Smokes Last," what is the most likely explanation for the difference between what David's father tells him and what his mother tells him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Safe Harbor," when David is discussing his and his mother's trauma, what cryptic comment hints to the reader that he has yet to reveal some major source of trauma?

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 does David think the woman has in the Gatorade bottle, and how does he later learn what the liquid really is?

6. In "Half-Life," how do David's mother and grandmother seem to feel about him?

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

8. In "Safe Harbor," what is written on the clinic's whiteboard, and what is David's reaction?

9. In the beginning of "Smokes Last," what is ironic about David's mother's instructions to him before he leaves to play in the woods with his friends?

10. In "Safe Harbor," what suspicion does David have about the worker outside the clinic in the beginning of the story that is borne out by the man's remarks near the story's end?

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