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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 "Smokes Last," what is the most likely explanation for the difference between what David's father tells him and what his mother tells him?
(a) David's father never sent the money, and he has been trying to avoid talking to David because of it.
(b) David's father sent the child support money as usual, but his mother spent it all and wants more.
(c) David's father never sent the money, but this was a genuine oversight that he intends to correct right away.
(d) David's father sent the child support money, but it was stolen from their mailbox.

2. In "Night of the Living Rez," what has Frick been expressing paranoid thoughts about?
(a) Bad spirits.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Cameras.
(d) Jesuits.

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

4. In "Night of the Living Rez," what is all over David's face when his mother comes home at the end of the story?
(a) Ash.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Tears.
(d) Blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Half-Life," what do David's mother and grandmother both ask him at different times?

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

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

4. In "Half-Life," what slang word do David and Fellis use to refer to the pills they are both taking?

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)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 "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)?

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

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

6. 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?

7. In "Safe Harbor," what is the double meaning of the question David asks when he is brought into the emergency room?

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

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

10. In "Half-Life," what incident early in the story demonstrates how much time David has begun losing to his drug use?

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