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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. By the end of "Food for the Common Cold," what do Frick and David understand about David's mother for the first time?
(a) Why she feels so insecure about her position in the tribe.
(b) Why she refuses to attend church with her own mother.
(c) Why she is so attached to the old graveyard.
(d) Why she is so angry at the way Paige has chosen to grieve.

2. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what does David compare the hospital hallways to?
(a) Spider legs.
(b) Tree roots.
(c) A rabbit's warren.
(d) The Minotaur's maze.

3. In "Food for the Common Cold," what does David's grandmother imply is the reason Frick does not accept David and Paige as his own children?
(a) They do not really love Frick.
(b) They are half white.
(c) They remind Frick of David's mother's life before him.
(d) He hates their biological father.

4. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what technique is used in the naming of Fellis's truck, "Einhell"?
(a) Verbal Irony.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Synecdoche.

5. In "The Blessing Tobacco," whom does David's grandmother mistake him for?
(a) David's father.
(b) Fellis.
(c) Frick.
(d) Robbie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the marijuana dealer whom David goes into town to see?

2. In "Food for the Common Cold," what is the cause of the terrible smell in David's mother's house?

3. In "The Blessing Tobacco," where do the tribal police find David's grandmother?

4. In "In a Jar," why does David struggle to remember the details of the move to the reservation?

5. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," what movie are Fellis and David supposed to return?

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