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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 "Half-Life," how does David rationalize breaking into his grandmother's house?
(a) His grandmother would give him the money if she were there.
(b) She owes his mother money for her nursing care.
(c) Any money she has is part of his inheritance.
(d) She will not have left any money there.

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

3. In "Night of the Living Rez," who comes out of the woods, startling the boys when they are waiting for the pugwagee?
(a) Paige.
(b) Meekew.
(c) David's mother.
(d) Frick.

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

5. In "The Name Means Thunder," why is David at school while Paige is having her baby?
(a) He is excited to present his project on the planets and wants to go to school instead of the hospital.
(b) His mother is afraid he is getting sick and does not want to risk him spreading germs to the new baby.
(c) His mother cannot cope with him being underfoot when she needs to focus her attention on Paige.
(d) He is always behind in his classes, and his mother does not want him to miss any more school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Safe Harbor," what does the reader learn about David's father?

2. In "Earth, Speak," why is Daryl living at his uncle's cabin?

3. In "Smokes Last," what is David's intention when he tells JP that Tyson said he is too heavy for the rope swing?

4. In "Smokes Last," what is the answer to the security question David answers for Western Union?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When David is running from the police in "Earth, Speak," what help does he get from an unexpected source, and what evidence is there in the end of the story that this gesture mattered deeply to David?

2. In "Earth, Speak," why is Fellis so angry at Daryl?

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," how do the words that David whispers to Bedogi contrast with what David is really thinking and feeling?

4. 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?

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 "Smokes Last," what story does Frick tell about shooting in his childhood, and how does it reinforce a motif in the way he relates to David?

7. At the end of "Night of the Living Rez," how is David's mother's behavior similar to her behavior near the end of "Earth, Speak"?

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

9. 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?

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

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