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

2. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?
(a) He is too young to understand what is happening.
(b) He was asleep for most of the move.
(c) He had a high fever during the move.
(d) It was a long time ago.

3. In "Safe Harbor," what techniques are used when David says that laughing with his mother "scrapes the dark and grimy walls inside" him (129)?
(a) Allusion and metaphor.
(b) Metaphor and synecdoche.
(c) Synecdoche and understatement.
(d) Understatement and allusion.

4. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David describes church: "When we had to kneel, we knelt; when we had to sing, we sang; when we had to pray, we prayed" (20)?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Parallelism.

5. How old is David when "Smokes Last" takes place?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Safe Harbor," what are the black boxes that David mentions the worker using in the beginning of the story?

2. What does David's mother collect?

3. In "Smokes Last," what distinctive item of clothing does Tyson wear?

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?

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