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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Safe Harbor" and "Smokes Last".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what distinctive item of clothing does Tyson wear?
(a) An orange winter jacket.
(b) A camouflage-patterned hunting cap.
(c) A New England Patriots hat.
(d) A blue and white ski jacket.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where do the tribal police find David's grandmother?
(a) In the old graveyard.
(b) By the river.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In a stranger's house.

3. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Sarcasm.

4. In "In a Jar," when Paige and her mother get into an argument about her pregnancy, what prediction does Paige make?
(a) Their mother's temper will drive Frick away just like their father.
(b) Paige's baby will never know its grandmother.
(c) Their mother's use of alcohol will cause her early death.
(d) David will grow up to hate their mother.

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?
(a) They are rewarding themselves for not stopping to get alcohol on the way home.
(b) They are trying to mask the terrible smell of the caterpillars.
(c) They are celebrating the end of the first phase of Fellis's treatments.
(d) They are trying to settle their stomachs after being sick earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David go on the bus every day?

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

3. When "Get Me Some Medicine" begins, how long has it been since David last spoke to his father?

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?

5. In "Safe Harbor," what techniques are used when David says that laughing with his mother "scrapes the dark and grimy walls inside" him (129)?

(see the answer key)

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