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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 "Food for the Common Cold," what does Frick dislike about the birthday present David's father has given him?
(a) He associates it with white children.
(b) He thinks that David will hurt himself with it.
(c) He thinks it is too expensive.
(d) He thinks it is too babyish for David.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?
(a) They are trying to settle their stomachs after being sick earlier.
(b) They are rewarding themselves for not stopping to get alcohol on the way home.
(c) They are celebrating the end of the first phase of Fellis's treatments.
(d) They are trying to mask the terrible smell of the caterpillars.

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

4. Where does David go on the bus every day?
(a) Work.
(b) Fellis's house.
(c) School.
(d) The methadone clinic.

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," who is the first person to notice the strange smell in David's mother's house?
(a) David.
(b) Frick.
(c) David's grandmother.
(d) David's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," when the lights go on in the bar, what does David notice?

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?

3. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?

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

5. In "In a Jar," when Paige first arrives, what does David realize their mother has not told Paige about?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," how do David and Fellis end up binge-watching an old television series?

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

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

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David end up smoking cigarettes at his grandmother's house?

5. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what details demonstrate that David's friendship with Fellis does not blind David to Fellis's faults?

6. 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)?

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

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

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

10. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are David's mother's and David's grandmother's opposing opinions about telling Frick about the hysterectomy?

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