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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 "Half-Life," what is David covered in when he flees his grandmother's house?
(a) His mother's baby blanket.
(b) Red paint.
(c) His grandmother's clothes.
(d) Bacon grease.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how many cigarettes does David say he smoked before he lost count?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

4. In "Half-Life," what do David's mother and grandmother both ask him at different times?
(a) Why he broke up with Tabitha.
(b) Whether he has heard from Paige.
(c) Whether he is sleeping.
(d) When he is going to get a job.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Situational irony.

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 "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where does David say he met Tabitha?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?

4. In "Earth, Speak," why was David kicked out of his house?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what television show do David and Fellis watch while Beth makes dinner?

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