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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Safe Harbor" and "Smokes Last".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what is David's mother too preoccupied with to notice that David is feeling sick?
(a) Her fight with Frick.
(b) Looking for a job.
(c) Selling her jewelry.
(d) Talking on the phone.

2. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Identification.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Money.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. In "Safe Harbor," what is David's intent when he tells his mother that she is hallucinating?
(a) To let her know that her delusions can be dangerous.
(b) To make it clear that his perspective is more accurate.
(c) To tease her and make her laugh.
(d) To upset her and make her doubt herself.

4. In "The Blessing Tobacco," how does David's grandmother react when the first puff of the cigarette makes him cough?
(a) She laughs in surprise.
(b) She shows him how to inhale without coughing.
(c) She tells him to stop pretending.
(d) She tells him to stop smoking it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what question does Frick ask David when David comes in to sit on the couch in the middle of the night?

2. In "In a Jar," what happens to Paige on the night the siblings hear the knocking in the walls?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does the burning chicken casserole demonstrate about the characters' lives?

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what is one thematic point reinforced when Fellis cannot return the movie he was supposed to return?

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

(see the answer key)

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