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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. When Fellis asks Meekew why he is with "winooches" in "Get Me Some Medicine," what is it most reasonable to infer that "winooch" means (43)?
(a) White person.
(b) Stranger.
(c) Woman.
(d) Snob.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what question does Frick ask David when David comes in to sit on the couch in the middle of the night?
(a) Why he is out of bed.
(b) Whether he wants a cigarette.
(c) What is wrong with his grandmother.
(d) Whether there is any wine left.

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?
(a) Frick.
(b) Robbie.
(c) Fellis.
(d) David's father.

4. How old is David when "Smokes Last" takes place?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

5. In "Safe Harbor," what kind of medication does David's mother regularly take?
(a) Antipsychotics.
(b) Benzodiazepines.
(c) Narcotics.
(d) Antidepressants.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?

2. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?

4. In "Smokes Last," what is the answer to the security question David answers for Western Union?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what gift has David recently been given by his father?

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