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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 does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?
(a) The crooked door.
(b) The crumbling steps.
(c) The scarcity of food.
(d) The smoke from the stove.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where is Paige working?
(a) A pawnshop.
(b) The liquor store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The grocery store.

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

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?
(a) He is worried about having to walk home in the dark.
(b) He is embarrassed that he forgot to do it on his first trip.
(c) He is tired of people thinking that he is lazy.
(d) He is frightened and trying to get away quickly.

5. By the end of "Food for the Common Cold," what do Frick and David understand about David's mother for the first time?
(a) Why she is so angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.
(b) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.
(c) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.
(d) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frick's real name?

2. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?

3. What does David's mother collect?

4. What selfless gesture does David make to comfort Fellis?

5. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David describes church: "When we had to kneel, we knelt; when we had to sing, we sang; when we had to pray, we prayed" (20)?

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