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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" and "The Blessing Tobacco".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used when David asks Fellis if Fellis wants him to "Tell the ice to let go" (3)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Understatement.

2. In "The Blessing Tobacco," what technique is used when David comments that he "wondered when Grammy would send her last message" (117)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Situational irony.

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

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where is David trying to get a job?
(a) Family Dollar.
(b) UPS.
(c) Tribal Maintenance.
(d) T.J. Maxx.

5. In "In a Jar," what is the most likely motivation for Paige calling David "chagooksis...little shit" (15)?
(a) She is irritable and tired because of her pregnancy.
(b) She is engaging in affectionate teasing.
(c) She is angry at the mischief David causes.
(d) She is tired of being responsible for her younger sibling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the name of the child in the pictures David's mother finds?

4. What is Frick's real name?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," where does David say he met Tabitha?

(see the answer key)

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