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

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what is David's mother too preoccupied with to notice that David is feeling sick?
(a) Her fight with Frick.
(b) Looking for a job.
(c) Selling her jewelry.
(d) Talking on the phone.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what television show have David and Fellis been watching?
(a) The Sopranos.
(b) Ozark.
(c) The Wire.
(d) Breaking Bad.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what television show do David and Fellis watch while Beth makes dinner?
(a) Intervention.
(b) Wheel of Fortune.
(c) Star Trek.
(d) The People's Court.

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?
(a) A turtle has crawled under the house and died.
(b) No one has taken out the garbage in several weeks.
(c) The drains are clogged with uneaten food.
(d) Someone has stuffed a rotten fish under the stoop.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?

2. In "Half-Life," what does Frances ask David to take care of before he leaves the assisted living facility?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David's grandmother imply is the reason Frick does not accept David and Paige as his own children?

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the colloquial name used for the kind of beers that are in the bag when David hits Meekew?

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