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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 "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?
(a) Mailing a letter.
(b) Taking out the garbage.
(c) Washing a load of laundry.
(d) Checking on an elderly neighbor.

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," when the lights go on in the bar, what does David notice?
(a) Their surroundings are filthy.
(b) The men playing pool are white.
(c) The floor is slick with rainwater.
(d) There is a bullet casing on the table.

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?
(a) The Minotaur's maze.
(b) Spider legs.
(c) Tree roots.
(d) A rabbit's warren.

4. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?
(a) A substance abuse clinic.
(b) Frick's hunting camp.
(c) Visiting relatives down south.
(d) Paige's house.

5. When Fellis asks Meekew why he is with "winooches" in "Get Me Some Medicine," what is it most reasonable to infer that "winooch" means (43)?
(a) Snob.
(b) White person.
(c) Woman.
(d) Stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?

4. In "Earth, Speak," how much money does Fellis reveal he has saved over the years?

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

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