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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Half-Life" and "Earth, Speak".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?
(a) David's mother takes him out to Frick's bush camp for the night.
(b) David's father calls and threatens to sue for custody of David.
(c) David's mother stays out all night, leaving David alone in the house.
(d) David's grandmother appears and insists that David go with her to church.

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

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what does the reader learn David's grandmother's first name is?
(a) Frances.
(b) Josie.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Lilith.

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

5. During the action of "Get Me Some Medicine," where is it implied that David's mother is?
(a) A substance abuse clinic.
(b) Visiting relatives down south.
(c) Paige's house.
(d) Frick's hunting camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Half-Life," how many days does David manage to go without taking any Klonopin?

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he finds mysterious about Fellis?

4. In "Earth, Speak," how much money does Fellis reveal he has saved over the years?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where is David trying to get a job?

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