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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 "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) The price of Fellis's happiness is losing some of his capacity for memory.
(c) The relationship between David and Fellis is dysfunctional and contributes to their unhappiness.
(d) Fellis's unhappiness is directly related to his inability to follow through on his goals.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David's grandmother react when the first puff of the cigarette makes him cough?
(a) She tells him to stop pretending.
(b) She laughs in surprise.
(c) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.
(d) She tells him to stop smoking it.

3. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?
(a) Her relationship with Frick.
(b) Her reasons for leaving their father.
(c) That the move north is permanent.
(d) The jar they found behind the step.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?
(a) They are rewarding themselves for not stopping to get alcohol on the way home.
(b) They are trying to mask the terrible smell of the caterpillars.
(c) They are trying to settle their stomachs after being sick earlier.
(d) They are celebrating the end of the first phase of Fellis's treatments.

5. Where does David go on the bus every day?
(a) Fellis's house.
(b) School.
(c) The methadone clinic.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Safe Harbor," what techniques are used when David says that laughing with his mother "scrapes the dark and grimy walls inside" him (129)?

2. In "Smokes Last," what technique is used when David says that he "came to the river that crept inland and formed the swamp" (156)?

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

4. In "Safe Harbor," what does David say his mother lost at a restaurant?

5. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?

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