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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 learn for the first time about his own birth?
(a) He was supposed to be one of a pair of twins.
(b) His mother's postpartum depression after his birth caused her to get her tubes tied.
(c) His parents did not plan to have him and did not really want him.
(d) His birth caused his mother to hemorrhage and nearly die.

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what television show have David and Fellis been watching?
(a) Ozark.
(b) The Sopranos.
(c) Breaking Bad.
(d) The Wire.

3. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?
(a) He is too young to understand what is happening.
(b) He had a high fever during the move.
(c) He was asleep for most of the move.
(d) It was a long time ago.

5. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?

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?

3. In the context of "Burn," what is the most likely meaning of the term "skeejin" (1)?

4. What is Frick's real name?

5. When "Get Me Some Medicine" begins, how long has it been since David last spoke to his father?

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