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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 Martina's attitude toward the young customers trading phone numbers and kissing one another goodbye in the parking lot?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Envy.

2. When Martina describes "Father Time" as "about two hundred years old" and having a "mountainous shaggy white beard," what technique is being used (47)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Oxymoron.

3. What draws Jimmy's attention to Marlene's engagement ring?
(a) The waitress delivers champagne to her table.
(b) Marlene deliberately waves it in Jimmy's direction.
(c) Cuculann complains about the cost of it.
(d) Her girlfriend takes pictures of it with her phone.

4. Why are there rumors about Sarah's parentage circulating around town?
(a) She has an unusual way of speaking that sounds foreign.
(b) Everyone knows that the Dignans were not able to have their own children.
(c) She does not look or act like her family.
(d) Her mother has had several affairs.

5. What does the Irish slang expression "shift" mean?
(a) Use illicit drugs.
(b) Drink alcohol.
(c) Kiss; make out.
(d) Meet new people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years apart are Martina and Val?

3. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?

4. What is ironic about the text message that Val sends to Martina at the end of the story?

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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