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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 "Food for the Common Cold," what gift has David recently been given by his father?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A toy truck.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) An air rifle.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why is David so quick to agree to take Fellis to his frequent mental health appointments?
(a) He needs the money that Beth offers him.
(b) He feels indebted to Beth for acting as his second mother.
(c) He wants to get away from Tabitha's apartment.
(d) He is desperate to see his friend feeling better.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?
(a) His parents did not plan to have him and did not really want him.
(b) His birth caused his mother to hemorrhage and nearly die.
(c) His mother's postpartum depression after his birth caused her to get her tubes tied.
(d) He was supposed to be one of a pair of twins.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling marijuana.
(b) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(c) Working as a landscaper.
(d) Government disability checks.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Josie.
(c) Lilith.
(d) Frances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what has David been sent to his grandmother's for?

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what question does Frick ask David when David comes in to sit on the couch in the middle of the night?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?

4. In "Earth, Speak," what is the implied reason that David lost his take-home privileges at the methadone clinic?

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where is Paige working?

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