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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 "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) Inception.
(c) The Martian.
(d) The Matrix.

2. In "Half-Life," what slang word do David and Fellis use to refer to the pills they are both taking?
(a) Super Valium.
(b) Pins.
(c) Tranks.
(d) Sleepers.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?
(a) He was supposed to be one of a pair of twins.
(b) His parents did not plan to have him and did not really want him.
(c) His birth caused his mother to hemorrhage and nearly die.
(d) His mother's postpartum depression after his birth caused her to get her tubes tied.

4. In "Half-Life," what does David frequently mention as a way of implying that his circumstances are getting worse and worse and he feels powerless to save himself?
(a) Tornadoes and blowing away.
(b) Fire and being burned.
(c) Floods and drowning.
(d) Avalanches and being buried.

5. In "Earth, Speak," how much money does Fellis reveal he has saved over the years?
(a) Thirty-eight hundred dollars.
(b) Twenty-eight hundred dollars.
(c) Eighteen hundred dollars.
(d) Eight hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What selfless gesture does David make to comfort Fellis?

2. In "Smokes Last," what is the most likely explanation for the difference between what David's father tells him and what his mother tells him?

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where is Paige working?

4. 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)?

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?

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