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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," how old is David?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

2. In "In a Jar," where do David and Paige go with their grandmother?
(a) The community center.
(b) Church.
(c) Her house.
(d) Grocery shopping.

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

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

5. In "In a Jar," what is David's reaction to the medicine pouch that Frick gives him?
(a) He is intrigued to learn more about traditional beliefs.
(b) He wonders about the death of the deer the hide came from.
(c) He thinks it smells strange and is old-fashioned.
(d) He thinks it is itchy and unnecessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the implied reason that Fellis's lip is purple?

2. In "In a Jar," when Paige and her mother get into an argument about her pregnancy, what prediction does Paige make?

3. In "Get Me Some Medicine," what does David say he and Fellis usually use for gambling chips?

4. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?

5. How does David imagine feeling when he returns to Rab's?

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