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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) The skunk under the porch.
(b) A dead deer.
(c) Mounds of garbage.
(d) The outhouse.

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

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," when David gets home and turns the television off, what does he hear?
(a) Paige screaming.
(b) Frick drumming.
(c) Goog'ooks whispering.
(d) The film crew van.

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

5. 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 wants JP to be aware of how Tyson talks about him behind his back.
(b) He wants JP to understand that he is too old for things like rope swings.
(c) He is teasing Tyson by trying to rile up JP against him.
(d) He is hoping that JP will be angry and decide not to play the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Night of the Living Rez," when the rain finally stops, what do JP, David, and Tyson spend the day doing?

3. In "Half-Life," what is David covered in when he flees his grandmother's house?

4. In "Earth, Speak," where do the police catch up with Fellis?

5. In "Half-Life," what color does David find his hands are stained?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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)?

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

4. In "The Name Means Thunder," how does Paige's window screen end up playing an important role in the plot?

5. In "Smokes Last," what is the rhetorical function of the grilled cheese burning?

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

7. In "Night of the Living Rez," what is David's rhetorical purpose in describing the details of how his mother is driving as she questions him about his father?

8. In "Earth, Speak," how does David's mother respond when she realizes that it is him in her boiler room?

9. In "The Name Means Thunder," how does David's mother's behavior change once Bedogi is in the house?

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

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