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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are there rumors about Sarah's parentage circulating around town?
(a) She does not look or act like her family.
(b) She has an unusual way of speaking that sounds foreign.
(c) Her mother has had several affairs.
(d) Everyone knows that the Dignans were not able to have their own children.

2. What technique is used in Teddy's description of a pool ball spinning "confusedly on its own axis" (31)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Euphemism.

3. What does Tain compliment Bat on?
(a) His eyelashes.
(b) His ears.
(c) His hair.
(d) His veins.

4. How many operations did Bat need after the assault?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?
(a) They are poorly educated.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are criminals.
(d) They are ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Bat's mother to tell him "You look constantly as if in want" (52)?

2. What does Arm reveal to the widow?

3. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?

4. When Teddy says that he and his friends were "flummoxed," what is he saying about them (21)?

5. What is implied when the crowd begins to thin out after Tansey arrives?

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