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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 evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?
(a) Tug was recently hospitalized for depression.
(b) Tug is on psychiatric medication.
(c) Tug sees and hears things that are not there.
(d) Tug is seeing a therapist.

2. Jimmy says that Tug has a "lugubrious air" (3). What is another way to describe this quality?
(a) Aggressively cheerful.
(b) Theatrically joyous.
(c) Quietly desperate.
(d) Exaggeratedly sad.

3. What does "Father Time" always have with him?
(a) A dog.
(b) A knife.
(c) A book.
(d) A beer.

4. What does Tug offer the boy as a toll for using "his" bridge?
(a) Takeout french fries.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Half of a chocolate bar.
(d) An old farthing coin.

5. What does the Irish expression "couldn't be arsed" mean (45)?
(a) Unwilling to bother with something.
(b) Not at all amused.
(c) Calm, unflappable.
(d) Incapable of embarrassment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?

2. What does Matteen do for a living?

3. How old is Martina when the story opens?

4. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?

5. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?

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