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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Night of the Living Rez" and "The Name Means Thunder".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Half-Life," how long have David and his mother been living together without either Flick or Paige?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.

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

3. In "Safe Harbor," how many times has David's mother been in the crisis stabilization clinic during the past three months?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

4. In "In a Jar," what happens to Paige on the night the siblings hear the knocking in the walls?
(a) She is bitten on the leg.
(b) She falls down the front steps.
(c) She gets food poisoning.
(d) She takes an accidental overdose.

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?
(a) Tabitha's friend.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) Fellis's aunt.
(d) A friend of David's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?

2. In "The Name Means Thunder," what planet does David choose to label with an alternative name?

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," how does David's mother's memory differ from David's?

4. In "Smokes Last," what thematic motif does the setting of the clearing in the woods symbolically reinforce?

5. In "Safe Harbor," where has David recently gotten a job?

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