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Section 1: "Burn" and "In a Jar"

1. What is the name of the marijuana dealer whom David goes into town to see?
(a) Ham.
(b) Bob.
(c) Rab.
(d) Stu.

2. What technique is employed when David says that "the river was still frozen, ice shining white-blue under a full moon" (1)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. What technique is used when David says that no one has shoveled "since the last nor'easter crapped snow in November" (1)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Synecdoche.

4. In the context of "Burn," what is the most likely meaning of the term "skeejin" (1)?
(a) Native or indigenous person.
(b) Person lacking economic means.
(c) Person with a substance use disorder.
(d) Young adult or teenager.

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

6. What technique is used when David hears the sound of a man moaning and he says "with my cold ear I followed it" (2)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Allegory.

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