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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Half-Life" and "Earth, Speak".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Food for the Common Cold," what are Frick and David's mother arguing about besides the old graveyard?
(a) Frick's desire to have another child.
(b) Frick's drinking habits.
(c) Frick's treatment of David.
(d) David's mother's suspicion that Frick is cheating on her.

2. In "Smokes Last," what is implied when David tells his mother about the Western Union money and she says "I think I can drive" (152)?
(a) She is worried about the car.
(b) She is very busy.
(c) She is very tired.
(d) She has been drinking.

3. In "Safe Harbor," what has David come to the clinic to bring his mother?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Identification.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) Money.

4. In "Earth, Speak," what does David infer when he hears the dogs barking?
(a) The dogs have cornered a porcupine.
(b) Someone has forgotten to feed them.
(c) The police are searching for him.
(d) Someone is trying to get into his house.

5. Why is Fellis feeling so sick?
(a) He missed his methadone dose.
(b) He has taken an unnamed street drug.
(c) He has a respiratory virus.
(d) He is exhausted and hypothermic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Earth, Speak," what techniques are used when David says that "morning fog hovered above miles of pines like the nests of fall webworms in the crooks of brown branches" (199)?

3. In "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars," why do Fellis and David smoke cigars in the truck on the way home?

4. In "Safe Harbor," what is David constantly unsatisfied with throughout his visit to the clinic?

5. In "Smokes Last," what item of clothing is Tyson constantly trying, unsuccessfully, to keep clean?

(see the answer key)

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