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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. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Frustrated.

3. What does David's mother collect?
(a) Miniatures.
(b) Beadwork.
(c) Bird figurines.
(d) Salt and pepper shakers.

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?
(a) David's mother stays out all night, leaving David alone in the house.
(b) David's grandmother appears and insists that David go with her to church.
(c) David's father calls and threatens to sue for custody of David.
(d) David's mother takes him out to Frick's bush camp for the night.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?

3. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?

4. What is Fellis's mother's name?

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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