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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 the implied reason that David throws up as soon as he gets home to his mother's house?
(a) He ate spoiled food at Fellis's house.
(b) He has a hangover from drinking the night before.
(c) He is suffering from drug withdrawal.
(d) He is upset about disappointing his mother and grandmother again.

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

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

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

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?
(a) The Matrix.
(b) The Martian.
(c) Transcendence.
(d) Inception.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?

2. In "Earth, Speak," why is Daryl living at his uncle's cabin?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what technique is used when David says that when he returns to the kitchen, "all that remained at the table was the rest of the coffee and a freshly snubbed-out cigarette that glowed red int he ashtray" (66)?

4. In "Half-Life," what slang word do David and Fellis use to refer to the pills they are both taking?

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

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