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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Safe Harbor" and "Smokes Last".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?
(a) Josie.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Frances.
(d) Lilith.
2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used in the naming of Fellis's truck, "Einhell"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Verbal Irony.
(d) Synesthesia.
3. 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) Unable to get along with Frick, she now lives with her grandmother.
(c) She has disappeared from their lives, having taken off after losing another baby.
(d) She has moved into Overtown to attend the community college there.
4. In "Safe Harbor," what is David's intent when he tells his mother that she is hallucinating?
(a) To tease her and make her laugh.
(b) To make it clear that his perspective is more accurate.
(c) To upset her and make her doubt herself.
(d) To let her know that her delusions can be dangerous.
5. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
2. 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)?
3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what television show do David and Fellis watch while Beth makes dinner?
5. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?
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