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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Burn" and "In a Jar".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David describes church: "When we had to kneel, we knelt; when we had to sing, we sang; when we had to pray, we prayed" (20)?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Anadiplosis.

2. In the context of "Burn," what is the most likely meaning of the term "skeejin" (1)?
(a) Person lacking economic means.
(b) Person with a substance use disorder.
(c) Native or indigenous person.
(d) Young adult or teenager.

3. What is the implied reason that Fellis's lip is purple?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is very cold.
(c) He has been in a fight.
(d) He is wearing lipstick.

4. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synecdoche.

5. To what does David compare Fellis when he sees him struggling to sit up?
(a) A seal flopping onto an ice floe.
(b) A fish hauled into the bottom of a rowboat.
(c) A person exhausted from too much abdominal exercise.
(d) A person who is too heavily intoxicated to get up unassisted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Fellis's mother's name?

3. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?

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

5. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?

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