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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) Anadiplosis.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Parallelism.

2. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?
(a) David being a hair stylist.
(b) Wet hair making a mess.
(c) Paying for Native scalps.
(d) Fellis's hair looking like an old mop.

3. In "In a Jar," what kind of feather does Frick use in the smudging ceremony?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Owl.
(d) Heron.

4. Where does David go on the bus every day?
(a) Work.
(b) Fellis's house.
(c) School.
(d) The methadone clinic.

5. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?
(a) That the move north is permanent.
(b) Her reasons for leaving their father.
(c) The jar they found behind the step.
(d) Her relationship with Frick.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does David's mother collect?

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