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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," how does David rationalize breaking into his grandmother's house?
(a) She owes his mother money for her nursing care.
(b) His grandmother would give him the money if she were there.
(c) Any money she has is part of his inheritance.
(d) She will not have left any money there.

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

3. 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)?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Antistrophe.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," how old is David?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is revealed about how Frick's daughter died?

3. Where are Fellis and David when "Half-Life" opens?

4. In "Earth, Speak," what does David infer when he hears the dogs barking?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is one thematic point reinforced when Fellis cannot return the movie he was supposed to return?

(see the answer key)

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