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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. Who is Usula?
(a) Dympna's mother.
(b) One of Dympna's sisters.
(c) The mother of Arm's son.
(d) Jack's equine therapist.

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

3. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?
(a) Joan is leaving soon for college in Dublin.
(b) Joan has a reputation for being dangerous.
(c) Joan and Val have slept together.
(d) Joan has a crush on Davy Boran.

4. Jamie Duffy's nickname, "Scaldyballs," is an example of which literary device?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Verbal irony.

5. Dympna is convinced that Hector is "working the slow grift" on the woman in Ballintober (98). What does this mean he thinks Hector is doing?
(a) Spending time with her to con her out of money.
(b) Stringing her along until he finds a woman he likes better.
(c) Limiting their time together so she does not find out how he makes his money.
(d) Pretending to like her so that he can have sex with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of Young Skins, what does the word "estate" mean?

2. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?

3. What physical feature of his own does Jimmy find unattractive?

4. How many operations did Bat need after the assault?

5. What is a reasonable inference from the description of Dympna's car in the opening of the story?

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