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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. 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) Pissheads.
(b) Respectable.
(c) Senior.
(d) Regular.

2. What technique is evident in the phrase, "stall by a booth as she swabbed down tabletops sticky with spilled spirits" (41)?
(a) Sibilance.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Verbal irony.

3. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?
(a) He is distracted and tired.
(b) He is furiously angry.
(c) He is becoming frightened.
(d) He is sexually aroused.

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

5. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?
(a) Pride.
(b) Regret.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Val, Joan, and Martina meet after work?

2. Why are there rumors about Sarah's parentage circulating around town?

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

4. What technique is evident in the phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?

5. What is implied when the crowd begins to thin out after Tansey arrives?

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