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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "The Moon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the page 38 expression "the lights were going up in just over an hour" mean?
(a) Dawn is just over an hour away.
(b) They will be changing the electric sign over the Peacock in just over an hour.
(c) The Peacock will close in just over an hour.
(d) The streetlights will be on in just over an hour.

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

3. To what does Jimmy compare all of Tug's ideas about what might have happened to Wayne Clancy?
(a) Buses pulling in and out of a station.
(b) Black flowers.
(c) Poisoned chocolates.
(d) Empty pint glasses.

4. What technique is evident in the phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Situational irony.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Understatement.

5. What is implied when the crowd begins to thin out after Tansey arrives?
(a) The crowd is getting bored.
(b) Everyone is tired of losing to Matteen.
(c) They know Tansey and expect trouble.
(d) The pub is about to close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence, "Slender reeds brush against one another as cleanly as freshly whetted blades" (13)?

2. Why is Teddy unable to speak at the end of "Bait" (35)?

3. When Jimmy snaps at Tug about his speculation about Wayne Clancy, how does Tug react?

4. When Sarah first gets into Teddy's car, what does she do?

5. Which piece of diction injects irony into the sentence "...the only regular customers a handful of the town's senior pissheads, intent on drinking thought their pension money by a respectable hour" (40)?

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