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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) He needs the money that Beth offers him.
(b) He feels indebted to Beth for acting as his second mother.
(c) He wants to get away from Tabitha's apartment.
(d) He is desperate to see his friend feeling better.

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

3. 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 price of Fellis's happiness is losing some of his capacity for memory.
(c) The relationship between David and Fellis is dysfunctional and contributes to their unhappiness.
(d) For Fellis, happiness is not an abstraction but a concrete, almost physical thing.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where does David say he met Tabitha?
(a) The bus.
(b) The clinic.
(c) Her job.
(d) The bar.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where is Paige working?
(a) A pawnshop.
(b) The liquor store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?

3. 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?

4. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David do after the argument between Frick and his mother about the headstone?

2. What irritates David about the questions the hospital staff keeps asking him while he is waiting for Fellis in "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars"?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," when David's mother tells David's grandmother "Miracles can happen.... But I don't want to risk what happened before," what is she talking about (65)?

4. In "In a Jar," what is in the jar David finds, and why does it upset his mother?

5. In "Burn," what does Fellis asks David to do when he goes back to town to get marijuana, beer, and chips, and why does Fellis ask David to do this?

6. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where does David get a drink on his way home from his grandmother's, and what is the significance of this?

7. Which details does Talty include in "In a Jar" that make clear to the reader that David's life before the reservation did not include many other Native people?

8. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," how does David use the layout of the hospital as a metaphor for the human mind?

9. In "Burn," what does the reservation doctor tell David he is ineligible for, and what does David see this as an example of?

10. In "Get Me Some Medicine," why does Fellis get so angry at David for saying that Meekew could beat Fellis in a fistfight?

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