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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 "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David's grandmother react when the first puff of the cigarette makes him cough?
(a) She tells him to stop smoking it.
(b) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.
(c) She laughs in surprise.
(d) She tells him to stop pretending.

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what technique is used in David's paraphrase of Fellis's questions: "How much he pays. How much he makes" (44)?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Chiasmus.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," why does Fellis leave the bag of beers in the woods?
(a) He is worried that David will drink them all.
(b) He does not want his addiction counselor to see him with beer.
(c) He does not want to try to take them into the bar.
(d) He is planning ahead for the assault on Meekew.

4. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?
(a) Frick's hunting camp.
(b) Paige's house.
(c) A substance abuse clinic.
(d) Visiting relatives down south.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what is David's mother too preoccupied with to notice that David is feeling sick?
(a) Her fight with Frick.
(b) Selling her jewelry.
(c) Looking for a job.
(d) Talking on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?

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

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what television show do David and Fellis watch while Beth makes dinner?

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what causes David to finally run from his grandmother's house?

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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