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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 the context of "Burn," what is the most likely meaning of the term "skeejin" (1)?
(a) Young adult or teenager.
(b) Native or indigenous person.
(c) Person with a substance use disorder.
(d) Person lacking economic means.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does Frick dislike about the birthday present David's father has given him?
(a) He associates it with white children.
(b) He thinks it is too expensive.
(c) He thinks it is too babyish for David.
(d) He thinks that David will hurt himself with it.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?
(a) David's mother.
(b) David's grandmother.
(c) Frick.
(d) David.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?
(a) Beans.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Buttons.
(d) Paperclips.

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is revealed about how Frick's daughter died?
(a) She was in Frick's truck when it was hit by another vehicle.
(b) She developed a rare form of childhood cancer.
(c) She had a serious respiratory virus that Frick ignored until it was too late.
(d) She had an asthma attack after being out in the woods in winter for several hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what reason does Fellis give David for dropping out of college?

3. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?

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

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

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