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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Get Me Some Medicine" and "Food for the Common Cold".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does David compare Fellis when he sees him struggling to sit up?
(a) A fish hauled into the bottom of a rowboat.
(b) A person who is too heavily intoxicated to get up unassisted.
(c) A seal flopping onto an ice floe.
(d) A person exhausted from too much abdominal exercise.

2. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?
(a) Someone walking around them.
(b) The sound of summer fireworks.
(c) Doors opening and shutting.
(d) Distant gunshots.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?
(a) He decided to finally stand up to his mother and make his own decisions.
(b) He realized that he could use a pretend attempt at college to con the college out of money.
(c) He felt overwhelmed and under-prepared for college classes.
(d) He was the target of racial profiling there and felt unwelcome.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," when the lights go on in the bar, what does David notice?
(a) The men playing pool are white.
(b) There is a bullet casing on the table.
(c) Their surroundings are filthy.
(d) The floor is slick with rainwater.

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?
(a) David's grandmother appears and insists that David go with her to church.
(b) David's mother stays out all night, leaving David alone in the house.
(c) David's father calls and threatens to sue for custody of David.
(d) David's mother takes him out to Frick's bush camp for the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?

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

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

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

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

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