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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 "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David's grandmother react when the first puff of the cigarette makes him cough?
(a) She tells him to stop pretending.
(b) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.
(c) She laughs in surprise.
(d) She tells him to stop smoking it.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?
(a) Frick's drinking habits.
(b) Frick's treatment of David.
(c) Frick's desire to have another child.
(d) David's mother's suspicion that Frick is cheating on her.

3. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Defensive.

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) Parallelism.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anadiplosis.
(d) Antithesis.

5. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Money.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) Identification.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?

2. What is the name of the marijuana dealer whom David goes into town to see?

3. In "Safe Harbor," what does David say his mother lost at a restaurant?

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

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

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