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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Calm With Horses" Pages 79-131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?
(a) Throw up.
(b) Call Teddy.
(c) Brag to his friends.
(d) Get very drunk.

2. When Bat is eating dinner after work, why are the two little Minion boys in the kitchen?
(a) His mother is cutting their hair.
(b) They have brought over a cake from their mother.
(c) They have come to play with Bat's younger brother.
(d) His aunt wants Bat to babysit them.

3. Who is the "drummer" that Joan mentions in her conversation with Martina?
(a) Val.
(b) A man whose band plays at the Peacock.
(c) Joan's brother.
(d) Martina's boyfriend.

4. When the two men get out of their car opposite to where Val, Joan, and Martina are sitting, what are they dressed to do?
(a) Patrol the area.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Hunt mushrooms.
(d) Go dancing.

5. What is Martina expected to study in college, and what does she actually study?
(a) Child development; law.
(b) Medicine; art.
(c) Hospitality; history.
(d) Engineering; literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dympna's comments about being able to change the uncles' minds on the day after Arm kills Flannigan are an example of what technique?

2. Which character "resembles nothing so much as his own freshly revived corpse" (54)?

3. What is the most accurate characterization of Rebecca's comments about Brandon's band and Glanbeigh?

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

5. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?

(see the answer key)

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