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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," 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 tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.
(c) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(d) She is angry at the mischief David causes.

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

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

4. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?
(a) He has a respiratory virus.
(b) He missed his methadone dose.
(c) He is exhausted and hypothermic.
(d) He has taken an unnamed street drug.

5. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Metonymy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?

4. What does David's mother collect?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?

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