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

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

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?
(a) Washing a load of laundry.
(b) Mailing a letter.
(c) Checking on an elderly neighbor.
(d) Taking out the garbage.

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

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," how old is David?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?

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

3. In "In a Jar," when Paige and her mother get into an argument about her pregnancy, what prediction does Paige make?

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," why does Fellis leave the bag of beers in the woods?

5. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?

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