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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. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?
(a) The drains are clogged with uneaten food.
(b) A turtle has crawled under the house and died.
(c) Someone has stuffed a rotten fish under the stoop.
(d) No one has taken out the garbage in several weeks.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?
(a) Frick's desire to have another child.
(b) Frick's drinking habits.
(c) David's mother's suspicion that Frick is cheating on her.
(d) Frick's treatment of David.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what gift has David recently been given by his father?
(a) A toy truck.
(b) A slingshot.
(c) An air rifle.
(d) A basketball.

4. What is Fellis's mother's name?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Beth.

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?
(a) He was the target of racial profiling there and felt unwelcome.
(b) He felt overwhelmed and under-prepared for college classes.
(c) He realized that he could use a pretend attempt at college to con the college out of money.
(d) He decided to finally stand up to his mother and make his own decisions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does Frick dislike about the birthday present David's father has given him?

3. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?

5. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?

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