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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 "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?
(a) A turtle has crawled under the house and died.
(b) Someone has stuffed a rotten fish under the stoop.
(c) No one has taken out the garbage in several weeks.
(d) The drains are clogged with uneaten food.

2. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?
(a) Toy figures.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Crayons.
(d) Trading cards.

3. In "Smokes Last," what technique is used when David says that he "came to the river that crept inland and formed the swamp" (156)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Symbolism.

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?
(a) He is worried about having to walk home in the dark.
(b) He is embarrassed that he forgot to do it on his first trip.
(c) He is tired of people thinking that he is lazy.
(d) He is frightened and trying to get away quickly.

5. When "Get Me Some Medicine" begins, how long has it been since David last spoke to his father?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?

3. In "Safe Harbor," what is the name of the woman that asks David to get her some cigarettes?

4. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?

(see the answer key)

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