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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of "Food for the Common Cold," what do Frick and David understand about David's mother for the first time?
(a) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.
(b) Why she is so angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.
(c) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.
(d) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what new information is revealed about Paige?
(a) She has disappeared from their lives, having taken off after losing another baby.
(b) After a fight with her mother, she has gone back to live with her father.
(c) She has moved into Overtown to attend the community college there.
(d) Unable to get along with Frick, she now lives with her grandmother.

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why is David so quick to agree to take Fellis to his frequent mental health appointments?
(a) He needs the money that Beth offers him.
(b) He wants to get away from Tabitha's apartment.
(c) He is desperate to see his friend feeling better.
(d) He feels indebted to Beth for acting as his second mother.

4. In "In a Jar," what is David's reaction to the medicine pouch that Frick gives him?
(a) He thinks it is itchy and unnecessary.
(b) He thinks it smells strange and is old-fashioned.
(c) He wonders about the death of the deer the hide came from.
(d) He is intrigued to learn more about traditional beliefs.

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

6. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is revealed about how Frick's daughter died?
(a) She was in Frick's truck when it was hit by another vehicle.
(b) She developed a rare form of childhood cancer.
(c) She had an asthma attack after being out in the woods in winter for several hours.
(d) She had a serious respiratory virus that Frick ignored until it was too late.

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

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

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

10. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?
(a) Julianne.
(b) Deidre.
(c) Corinne.
(d) Elspeth.

11. What does David imagine the store owner, Jim, making a joke about?
(a) David being a hair stylist.
(b) Wet hair making a mess.
(c) Paying for Native scalps.
(d) Fellis's hair looking like an old mop.

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

13. 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) Snob.
(b) White person.
(c) Woman.
(d) Stranger.

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

15. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what causes David to finally run from his grandmother's house?
(a) He feels too sick to keep smoking.
(b) He is afraid that his grandmother will become violent.
(c) He realizes that it is time to be home for dinner.
(d) He is worried about being in trouble for smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fellis's mother's name?

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?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?

5. What does David's mother collect?

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