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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Half-Life" and "Earth, Speak".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Two-fours.
(b) Tinnies.
(c) Tall boys.
(d) Pounders.

2. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Identification.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Money.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. In "Half-Life," what is the name of the assisted living facility that Frances is living in?
(a) Horizons.
(b) Daybreak.
(c) Woodlands.
(d) Pinecrest.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who repeatedly calls Fellis's house?
(a) Alice.
(b) David's mother.
(c) Cheryl.
(d) Tabitha.

5. What does David's mother collect?
(a) Salt and pepper shakers.
(b) Beadwork.
(c) Bird figurines.
(d) Miniatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Smokes Last," what are the sources of most of the insults characters use against one another?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used when David describes Fellis's face as "kind of like if you'd put two black dots and a line on an orange" (90)?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does the burning chicken casserole demonstrate about the characters' lives?

4. In "Smokes Last," what is David's intention when he tells JP that Tyson said he is too heavy for the rope swing?

5. In "In a Jar," where does Frick place the yellow straw wrapped in red cloth?

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