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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. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Synesthesia.

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what reason does Fellis give David for dropping out of college?
(a) He only enrolled to get his mother to stop nagging him about his future.
(b) He was harassed by white students and subjected to racial slurs.
(c) He was frustrated and embarrassed at his own poor education.
(d) He only enrolled so that he could drop out and get a refund check.

4. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?
(a) Her reasons for leaving their father.
(b) The jar they found behind the step.
(c) That the move north is permanent.
(d) Her relationship with Frick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why is David so quick to agree to take Fellis to his frequent mental health appointments?

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

5. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?

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