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

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where is David trying to get a job?
(a) UPS.
(b) Tribal Maintenance.
(c) T.J. Maxx.
(d) Family Dollar.

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used when David describes Fellis's face as "kind of like if you'd put two black dots and a line on an orange" (90)?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

4. To what does David compare Fellis when he sees him struggling to sit up?
(a) A person exhausted from too much abdominal exercise.
(b) A person who is too heavily intoxicated to get up unassisted.
(c) A seal flopping onto an ice floe.
(d) A fish hauled into the bottom of a rowboat.

5. 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)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does David's grandmother offer him after she offers him a cigarette?

2. In "In a Jar," what happens to David's medicine pouch?

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

4. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how many cigarettes does David say he smoked before he lost count?

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