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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 "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?
(a) She is tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.
(b) She is angry at the mischief David causes.
(c) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(d) She is irritable and tired because of her pregnancy.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?
(a) A turtle has crawled under the house and died.
(b) Someone has stuffed a rotten fish under the stoop.
(c) The drains are clogged with uneaten food.
(d) No one has taken out the garbage in several weeks.

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

4. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?
(a) Wet hair making a mess.
(b) Paying for Native scalps.
(c) Fellis's hair looking like an old mop.
(d) David being a hair stylist.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?

2. In "In a Jar," what kind of feather does Frick use in the smudging ceremony?

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 Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?

5. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?

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