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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. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Verbal irony.

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

3. In "In a Jar," what happens to David's medicine pouch?
(a) It goes through the wash with his shirt and falls apart.
(b) He loses it when he is outside playing.
(c) He gives it to Paige to protect the baby.
(d) It gets wedged between the bed and the wall.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Paperclips.
(c) Buttons.
(d) Beans.

5. 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) White person.
(b) Woman.
(c) Snob.
(d) Stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?

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

3. To what does David compare Fellis when he sees him struggling to sit up?

4. Where does David go on the bus every day?

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

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