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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 technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Situational irony.

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)?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

3. In "Safe Harbor," how many times has David's mother been in the crisis stabilization clinic during the past three months?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

4. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?
(a) A substance abuse clinic.
(b) Visiting relatives down south.
(c) Paige's house.
(d) Frick's hunting camp.

5. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what reason does Fellis give David for dropping out of college?

2. What is the name of the marijuana dealer whom David goes into town to see?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," when the lights go on in the bar, what does David notice?

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

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," why does Fellis leave the bag of beers in the woods?

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