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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 is David's reaction when the janitor says that he might come to the reservation to see the caterpillars?
(a) He is intrigued that someone from Overtown is willing to come to the reservation.
(b) He wishes that he felt as curious and motivated as the janitor seems to feel.
(c) He does not think the caterpillars are interesting enough to come see.
(d) He does not think the reservation needs more curious outsiders to visit.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?

4. 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)?

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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