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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 "The Blessing Tobacco," what does David's grandmother offer him after she offers him a cigarette?
(a) Beer.
(b) Milk.
(c) Juice.
(d) Coffee.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who repeatedly calls Fellis's house?
(a) Alice.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) David's mother.
(d) Tabitha.

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used when David describes Fellis's face as "kind of like if you'd put two black dots and a line on an orange" (90)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Metonymy.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?
(a) Tabitha's friend.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) A friend of David's mother.
(d) Fellis's aunt.

5. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Half-Life," what does David compare the assisted living facility to?

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

3. 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)?

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what television show have David and Fellis been watching?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?

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