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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 is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?
(a) Deidre.
(b) Julianne.
(c) Elspeth.
(d) Corinne.

2. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?
(a) David's grandmother appears and insists that David go with her to church.
(b) David's mother stays out all night, leaving David alone in the house.
(c) David's father calls and threatens to sue for custody of David.
(d) David's mother takes him out to Frick's bush camp for the night.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling marijuana.
(b) Government disability checks.
(c) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(d) Working as a landscaper.

5. 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) Personification.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Jar," where does Frick place the yellow straw wrapped in red cloth?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?

3. What is Frick's real name?

4. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?

5. What is Fellis's mother's name?

(see the answer key)

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