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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does David compare Fellis when he sees him struggling to sit up?
(a) A person exhausted from too much abdominal exercise.
(b) A seal flopping onto an ice floe.
(c) A person who is too heavily intoxicated to get up unassisted.
(d) A fish hauled into the bottom of a rowboat.

2. What selfless gesture does David make to comfort Fellis?
(a) He gives Fellis his own coat.
(b) He covers Fellis's hair with his own hat.
(c) He offers to buy Fellis marijuana.
(d) He offers to cut his own hair.

3. In "In a Jar," where does Frick place the yellow straw wrapped in red cloth?
(a) Behind the front step.
(b) Underneath David's bed.
(c) On David's windowsill.
(d) Above the door.

4. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?
(a) He was asleep for most of the move.
(b) He had a high fever during the move.
(c) He is too young to understand what is happening.
(d) It was a long time ago.

5. 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) Fellis's unhappiness is directly related to his inability to follow through on his goals.
(b) The relationship between David and Fellis is dysfunctional and contributes to their unhappiness.
(c) For Fellis, happiness is not an abstraction but a concrete, almost physical thing.
(d) The price of Fellis's happiness is losing some of his capacity for memory.

6. What does David keep in the black plastic tub?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Toy figures.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Trading cards.

7. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David describes church: "When we had to kneel, we knelt; when we had to sing, we sang; when we had to pray, we prayed" (20)?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Anadiplosis.
(d) Antithesis.

8. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the colloquial name used for the kind of beers that are in the bag when David hits Meekew?
(a) Tinnies.
(b) Tall boys.
(c) Two-fours.
(d) Pounders.

9. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where do the tribal police find David's grandmother?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the old graveyard.
(c) In a stranger's house.
(d) By the river.

10. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?
(a) Tree roots.
(b) A rabbit's warren.
(c) Spider legs.
(d) The Minotaur's maze.

11. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why is Paige in David's room when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) She is concerned about the noises he was making in his sleep.
(b) She wants to talk to him about their grandmother.
(c) She wants to know why he smells like tobacco smoke.
(d) She needs to borrow five dollars for gas money.

12. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how has David been making money?
(a) Selling porcupine carcasses.
(b) Selling marijuana.
(c) Working as a landscaper.
(d) Government disability checks.

13. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what television show have David and Fellis been watching?
(a) The Wire.
(b) Breaking Bad.
(c) Ozark.
(d) The Sopranos.

14. In "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?
(a) The community center.
(b) Church.
(c) Grocery shopping.
(d) Her house.

15. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," who is Alice?
(a) Tabitha's friend.
(b) Fellis's aunt.
(c) A friend of David's mother.
(d) A nurse at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why is David so quick to agree to take Fellis to his frequent mental health appointments?

2. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," why does David hurry to fill his grandmother's wood box?

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

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

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