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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 "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?
(a) Corinne.
(b) Julianne.
(c) Elspeth.
(d) Deidre.

2. To what does David compare the sound of the ice cracking in the swamp?
(a) Someone walking around them.
(b) Doors opening and shutting.
(c) Distant gunshots.
(d) The sound of summer fireworks.

3. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David says that the burning sage "smelled calm, like salt water" (10)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synesthesia.

4. In "Get Me Some Medicine," when the lights go on in the bar, what does David notice?
(a) Their surroundings are filthy.
(b) There is a bullet casing on the table.
(c) The floor is slick with rainwater.
(d) The men playing pool are white.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frick's real name?

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

3. In "In a Jar," what technique is used when David describes church: "When we had to kneel, we knelt; when we had to sing, we sang; when we had to pray, we prayed" (20)?

4. In "In a Jar," where does Frick place the yellow straw wrapped in red cloth?

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

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