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

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

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 birth caused his mother to hemorrhage and nearly die.
(c) His parents did not plan to have him and did not really want him.
(d) His mother's postpartum depression after his birth caused her to get her tubes tied.

4. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?
(a) He is too young to understand what is happening.
(b) He was asleep for most of the move.
(c) It was a long time ago.
(d) He had a high fever during the move.

5. What does David's mother collect?
(a) Bird figurines.
(b) Beadwork.
(c) Salt and pepper shakers.
(d) Miniatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?

2. In the context of "Burn," what is the most likely meaning of the term "skeejin" (1)?

3. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?

4. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?

5. In "In a Jar," what is David's reaction to the medicine pouch that Frick gives him?

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