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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 is Tansey doing when Teddy says that he "gouged the baize" (31)?
(a) Ripping the surface of the pool table.
(b) Sinking the shot that wins the game.
(c) Executing a trick shot.
(d) Using his cue to tap the wooden edge of the table.

2. Where do Jenny and Sarah lead Teddy when they leave the pub?
(a) To Bleak Woods.
(b) To Farrow Hill.
(c) To Grove Park.
(d) To Glanbeigh Cemetery.

3. 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)?
(a) Regular.
(b) Respectable.
(c) Pissheads.
(d) Senior.

4. What does Matteen do for a living?
(a) Builds houses.
(b) Sells drugs.
(c) Plays pool.
(d) Repairs roads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?

2. How old is Martina when the story opens?

3. What is Val's reaction to finding a pubic hair in his teeth?

4. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?

5. What is the likely purpose of the repetition in the page 3 sentence "He is in a good mood, a good, good, good but edgy, edgy, edgy mood"?

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