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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Fellis's mother's name?
(a) Beth.
(b) Laura.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Mary.
2. What technique is used in "Get Me Some Medicine," when David says that "the lights were dim like honey" (41)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.
3. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Triumphant.
4. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.
5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is David's reaction when the janitor says that he might come to the reservation to see the caterpillars?
(a) He is intrigued that someone from Overtown is willing to come to the reservation.
(b) He wishes that he felt as curious and motivated as the janitor seems to feel.
(c) He does not think the reservation needs more curious outsiders to visit.
(d) He does not think the caterpillars are interesting enough to come see.
6. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?
(a) David's father.
(b) Fellis.
(c) Robbie.
(d) Frick.
7. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?
(a) The smoke from the stove.
(b) The crooked door.
(c) The scarcity of food.
(d) The crumbling steps.
8. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David's grandmother imply is the reason Frick does not accept David and Paige as his own children?
(a) They remind Frick of David's mother's life before him.
(b) They do not really love Frick.
(c) They are half white.
(d) He hates their biological father.
9. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used in the naming of Fellis's truck, "Einhell"?
(a) Verbal Irony.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Synecdoche.
10. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?
(a) The Matrix.
(b) The Martian.
(c) Transcendence.
(d) Inception.
11. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?
(a) Fellis's aunt.
(b) A friend of David's mother.
(c) A nurse at the hospital.
(d) Tabitha's friend.
12. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Situational irony.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metaphor.
13. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?
(a) David's mother stays out all night, leaving David alone in the house.
(b) David's mother takes him out to Frick's bush camp for the night.
(c) David's father calls and threatens to sue for custody of David.
(d) David's grandmother appears and insists that David go with her to church.
14. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Trading cards.
(d) Toy figures.
15. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(b) Government disability checks.
(c) Working as a landscaper.
(d) Selling marijuana.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does David go on the bus every day?
2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does Frick dislike about the birthday present David's father has given him?
3. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?
4. In "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?
5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where does David say he met Tabitha?
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