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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Get Me Some Medicine" and "Food for the Common Cold".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what is the real cause for Fellis dropping out of college?
(a) He decided to finally stand up to his mother and make his own decisions.
(b) He was the target of racial profiling there and felt unwelcome.
(c) He realized that he could use a pretend attempt at college to con the college out of money.
(d) He felt overwhelmed and under-prepared for college classes.

2. In "In a Jar," what happens to Paige on the night the siblings hear the knocking in the walls?
(a) She takes an accidental overdose.
(b) She falls down the front steps.
(c) She gets food poisoning.
(d) She is bitten on the leg.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Synecdoche.

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what gift has David recently been given by his father?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A toy truck.
(c) A basketball.
(d) An air rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In a Jar," what kind of feather does Frick use in the smudging ceremony?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David use as a symbol of the unhappiness in his household?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what task has Beth asked Fellis to take care of for her?

4. In "Food for the Common Cold," what happens on the Thursday of the week that Frick stays away from David's mother's house?

5. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David learn for the first time about his own birth?

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