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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" and "The Blessing Tobacco".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) The Matrix.
(c) Inception.
(d) The Martian.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what new information is revealed about Paige?
(a) She has moved into Overtown to attend the community college there.
(b) After a fight with her mother, she has gone back to live with her father.
(c) Unable to get along with Frick, she now lives with her grandmother.
(d) She has disappeared from their lives, having taken off after losing another baby.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?
(a) The scarcity of food.
(b) The crooked door.
(c) The crumbling steps.
(d) The smoke from the stove.

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

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why is Paige in David's room when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) She is concerned about the noises he was making in his sleep.
(b) She needs to borrow five dollars for gas money.
(c) She wants to talk to him about their grandmother.
(d) She wants to know why he smells like tobacco smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is David's reaction when the janitor says that he might come to the reservation to see the caterpillars?

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

4. In "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?

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