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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. In "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?
(a) Grocery shopping.
(b) Her house.
(c) Church.
(d) The community center.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what technique is used when David says that when he returns to the kitchen, "all that remained at the table was the rest of the coffee and a freshly snubbed-out cigarette that glowed red int he ashtray" (66)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Personification.
(d) Imagery.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," how old is David?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

4. What is the name of the marijuana dealer whom David goes into town to see?
(a) Bob.
(b) Ham.
(c) Stu.
(d) Rab.

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?
(a) Mailing a letter.
(b) Washing a load of laundry.
(c) Taking out the garbage.
(d) Checking on an elderly neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?

2. What does David's mother collect?

3. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?

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

5. What is Frick's real name?

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