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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Half-Life" and "Earth, Speak".

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) Any money she has is part of his inheritance.
(c) She owes his mother money for her nursing care.
(d) She will not have left any money there.

2. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Personification.

3. In "Half-Life," what does Frances ask David to take care of before he leaves the assisted living facility?
(a) She asks him to check the mail for her.
(b) She asks him to fill the woodbox.
(c) She asks him to tell the old white man to leave her alone.
(d) She asks him to find out which nurse is stealing from her.

4. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?
(a) Distant gunshots.
(b) Someone walking around them.
(c) The sound of summer fireworks.
(d) Doors opening and shutting.

5. In "Smokes Last," what thematic motif does the setting of the clearing in the woods symbolically reinforce?
(a) Insularity is a natural response to constant prejudice from outsiders.
(b) Substance abuse is an understandable response to trauma.
(c) Growing up on the reservation can be lonely and difficult.
(d) A child surrounded by poor role models is unlikely to thrive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why is Paige in David's room when he wakes up from his nap?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?

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 "Get Me Some Medicine," what technique is used in David's paraphrase of Fellis's questions: "How much he pays. How much he makes" (44)?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used when David describes Fellis's face as "kind of like if you'd put two black dots and a line on an orange" (90)?

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