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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. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. By the end of "Food for the Common Cold," what do Frick and David understand about David's mother for the first time?
(a) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.
(b) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.
(c) Why she is so angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.
(d) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.

3. In "Safe Harbor," what does the reader learn about David's father?
(a) He is in jail.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has offered David a job.
(d) He has moved to Maine.

4. When Fellis asks Meekew why he is with "winooches" in "Get Me Some Medicine," what is it most reasonable to infer that "winooch" means (43)?
(a) Snob.
(b) Stranger.
(c) White person.
(d) Woman.

5. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?
(a) She is tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.
(b) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(c) She is angry at the mischief David causes.
(d) She is irritable and tired because of her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what technique is used when David says that he "came to the river that crept inland and formed the swamp" (156)?

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

3. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?

(see the answer key)

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