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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "In a Jar," what happens to David's medicine pouch?
(a) It goes through the wash with his shirt and falls apart.
(b) He loses it when he is outside playing.
(c) He gives it to Paige to protect the baby.
(d) It gets wedged between the bed and the wall.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?
(a) He is tired of people thinking that he is lazy.
(b) He is frightened and trying to get away quickly.
(c) He is worried about having to walk home in the dark.
(d) He is embarrassed that he forgot to do it on his first trip.

3. 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 tells him to stop smoking it.
(c) She laughs in surprise.
(d) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?
(a) Frick's drinking habits.
(b) David's mother's suspicion that Frick is cheating on her.
(c) Frick's desire to have another child.
(d) Frick's treatment of David.

5. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?
(a) She is tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.
(b) She is angry at the mischief David causes.
(c) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(d) She is irritable and tired because of her pregnancy.

6. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Personification.
(d) Understatement.

7. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Personification.

8. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who repeatedly calls Fellis's house?
(a) Alice.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Tabitha.
(d) David's mother.

9. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synesthesia.

10. In "In a Jar," what kind of feather does Frick use in the smudging ceremony?
(a) Heron.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Owl.
(d) Eagle.

11. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?
(a) The sound of summer fireworks.
(b) Distant gunshots.
(c) Doors opening and shutting.
(d) Someone walking around them.

12. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how old does David say his great-uncle was when he died?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twelve.

13. In "In a Jar," when Paige and her mother get into an argument about her pregnancy, what prediction does Paige make?
(a) Their mother's temper will drive Frick away just like their father.
(b) David will grow up to hate their mother.
(c) Paige's baby will never know its grandmother.
(d) Their mother's use of alcohol will cause her early death.

14. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how many cigarettes does David say he smoked before he lost count?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

15. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Verbal irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When "Get Me Some Medicine" begins, how long has it been since David last spoke to his father?

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

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does David's grandmother offer him after she offers him a cigarette?

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?

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

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