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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Safe Harbor," what is David constantly unsatisfied with throughout his visit to the clinic?
2. In "Earth, Speak," where do the police catch up with Fellis?
3. In "Half-Life," what does Frances ask David to take care of before he leaves the assisted living facility?
4. In "Half-Life," what do David's mother and grandmother both ask him at different times?
5. In "Half-Life," which earlier story does David allude to when he is telling Fellis a story from his childhood?
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," how does David's mother respond when she realizes that it is him in her boiler room?
3. In "Half-Life," what incident early in the story demonstrates how much time David has begun losing to his drug use?
4. 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"?
5. In "Safe Harbor," what is written on the clinic's whiteboard, and what is David's reaction?
6. In "Safe Harbor," what does David's reaction to his mother's medical crisis reveal about their relationship?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. In "Earth, Speak," what is the ostensible reason that David and Fellis go to see Daryl?
10. In "Smokes Last," how do the events taking place in David's life parallel the events in Frick's stories from his youth, and what is the significance of this parallel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does the whiteness of the snow and ice in "Burn" matter? Is this story indicting the conditions on the reservation that result from White interference in Native life? Or does it matter more that the snow is a cold, frozen obstacle--a static "trap" that communicates something about the way Natives can be "frozen" and "trapped" in old traditions and ways of thinking? Now that you have read the entire collection, which interpretation of the snow in "Burn" seems most correct to you? Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about what the snow represents. You can choose either interpretation--or both--to defend, as long as your argument is thoroughly supported with evidence from "Burn" and from at least two other stories in the collection. Cite any quoted material in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the questions David keeps asking himself throughout "Night of the Living Rez"? How is the precise wording of his questions important, including the way this wording shifts during the story? How do these questions indicate the pivotal role this story plays in the collection's overall structure? Write an essay that analyzes the significance of David's repeated questions in "Night of the Living Rez" and that links these questions to the function of this story in the overall collection. Support your assertions with evidence drawn from throughout the collection, including quoted evidence focused on the diction David employs in "Night of the Living Rez." Cite all quoted evidence in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
How does the fact of the reservation being an island relate to the Goog'ooks in the walls of David's home? What malevolent force surrounds the reservation? How does its history as a cemetery indicate that the "evil spirits" come from inside the reservation, too? How does this relate to David's situation at home? Write an essay that creates an analogy between the physical setting of the reservation itself and David's home. Analyze the thematic significance of this analogy, supporting your analysis with evidence drawn from throughout the text. Cite all quoted evidence in MLA format.
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