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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 Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is one thematic point reinforced when Fellis cannot return the movie he was supposed to return?
(a) For Fellis, happiness is not an abstraction but a concrete, almost physical thing.
(b) Fellis's unhappiness is directly related to his inability to follow through on his goals.
(c) The price of Fellis's happiness is losing some of his capacity for memory.
(d) The relationship between David and Fellis is dysfunctional and contributes to their unhappiness.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where do the tribal police find David's grandmother?
(a) By the river.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In a stranger's house.
(d) In the old graveyard.

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

4. What selfless gesture does David make to comfort Fellis?
(a) He offers to buy Fellis marijuana.
(b) He covers Fellis's hair with his own hat.
(c) He gives Fellis his own coat.
(d) He offers to cut his own hair.

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) Metaphor.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why is David so quick to agree to take Fellis to his frequent mental health appointments?

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?

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 is Frick's real name?

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?

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