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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 does David's grandmother imply is the reason Frick does not accept David and Paige as his own children?
(a) They do not really love Frick.
(b) He hates their biological father.
(c) They remind Frick of David's mother's life before him.
(d) They are half white.

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

3. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?
(a) She is irritable and tired because of her pregnancy.
(b) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(c) She is tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.
(d) She is angry at the mischief David causes.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what technique is used in David's paraphrase of Fellis's questions: "How much he pays. How much he makes" (44)?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antistrophe.

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling marijuana.
(b) Working as a landscaper.
(c) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(d) Government disability checks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?

3. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the colloquial name used for the kind of beers that are in the bag when David hits Meekew?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?

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