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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 "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 embarrassed that he forgot to do it on his first trip.
(d) He is frightened and trying to get away quickly.

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

3. 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 does not think the caterpillars are interesting enough to come see.
(b) He wishes that he felt as curious and motivated as the janitor seems to feel.
(c) He is intrigued that someone from Overtown is willing to come to the reservation.
(d) He does not think the reservation needs more curious outsiders to visit.

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

5. What is Fellis's mother's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Laura.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Beth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what technique is used when David says that when he returns to the kitchen, "all that remained at the table was the rest of the coffee and a freshly snubbed-out cigarette that glowed red int he ashtray" (66)?

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what has David been sent to his grandmother's for?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is Fellis's ostensible issue with Meekew, and what does the story imply is his real issue?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what reason does Frick give for wanting to tear the headstone down, and what commentary does David offer about this?

3. 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?

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David point to as the beginning of the breakdown in his relationship with Tabitha?

5. How does David discover the jar in "In a Jar"?

6. In "Burn," why was David's first trip into town to get marijuana unsuccessful?

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

8. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what is the rhetorical function of the passage where David considers whom he should "smoke like" (108)?

9. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," how does Alice end up at Beth's house?

10. 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?

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