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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 "The Name Means Thunder," how does David's mother's memory differ from David's?
(a) She claims that Paige took Bedogi with her when she left.
(b) She claims that Bedogi died in the hospital.
(c) She claims she did not leave David alone with Bedogi.
(d) She claims that David was at his father's when Bedogi died.

2. In "Safe Harbor," what is David's intent when he tells his mother that she is hallucinating?
(a) To let her know that her delusions can be dangerous.
(b) To make it clear that his perspective is more accurate.
(c) To tease her and make her laugh.
(d) To upset her and make her doubt herself.

3. In "Earth, Speak," why is Daryl living at his uncle's cabin?
(a) He needs to be closer to the college in Overtown.
(b) His uncle is ill and needs a caregiver.
(c) He has just inherited the place after his uncle's death.
(d) He has been banned from the reservation.

4. In "Night of the Living Rez," what does JP accuse Tyson of being afraid of in the woods?
(a) The swamp woman.
(b) Bears.
(c) Paige.
(d) Porcupines.

5. In "Earth, Speak," where do the police catch up with Fellis?
(a) Boston.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Pittsburgh.

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 is David's intention when he tells JP that Tyson said he is too heavy for the rope swing?

3. In "The Name Means Thunder," what does David attribute his temporary blindness to?

4. In "Earth, Speak," what is the implied reason for Fellis's questions about Daryl's iPod?

5. In "The Name Means Thunder," what is David going to see a doctor about?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Night of the Living Rez," what are the pugwagees?

3. 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?

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

5. In "Safe Harbor," when David is discussing his and his mother's trauma, what cryptic comment hints to the reader that he has yet to reveal some major source of trauma?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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