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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. 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 angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.
(b) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.
(c) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.
(d) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the colloquial name used for the kind of beers that are in the bag when David hits Meekew?
(a) Tinnies.
(b) Pounders.
(c) Two-fours.
(d) Tall boys.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?
(a) What Fellis really has against Meekew.
(b) What caused Fellis to drop out of college.
(c) Where Fellis gets his money from.
(d) Why Fellis resents Beth so much.

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?
(a) The smoke from the stove.
(b) The crooked door.
(c) The crumbling steps.
(d) The scarcity of food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?

2. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?

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

4. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?

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

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