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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 repeatedly calls Fellis's house?
(a) Tabitha.
(b) Alice.
(c) Cheryl.
(d) David's mother.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?
(a) Deidre.
(b) Julianne.
(c) Elspeth.
(d) Corinne.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is revealed about how Frick's daughter died?
(a) She had a serious respiratory virus that Frick ignored until it was too late.
(b) She developed a rare form of childhood cancer.
(c) She had an asthma attack after being out in the woods in winter for several hours.
(d) She was in Frick's truck when it was hit by another vehicle.

4. 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) The drains are clogged with uneaten food.
(c) Someone has stuffed a rotten fish under the stoop.
(d) No one has taken out the garbage in several weeks.

5. In "Earth, Speak," where is the first place David goes after he leaves Ralph's place?
(a) Beth's house.
(b) Tabitha's apartment.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) Meekew's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?

2. 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?

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

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what technique is used in David's paraphrase of Fellis's questions: "How much he pays. How much he makes" (44)?

(see the answer key)

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