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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 "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?
(a) Grocery shopping.
(b) The community center.
(c) Her house.
(d) Church.

2. 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) He hates their biological father.
(b) They are half white.
(c) They remind Frick of David's mother's life before him.
(d) They do not really love Frick.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?
(a) Julianne.
(b) Elspeth.
(c) Deidre.
(d) Corinne.

4. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?
(a) Toy figures.
(b) Crayons.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Trading cards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what technique is used when David says that when he returns to the kitchen, "all that remained at the table was the rest of the coffee and a freshly snubbed-out cigarette that glowed red int he ashtray" (66)?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is revealed about how Frick's daughter died?

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

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

5. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?

(see the answer key)

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