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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 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) The crowd is getting bored.
(d) Everyone is tired of losing to Matteen.

2. What technique is used in Teddy's description of a pool ball spinning "confusedly on its own axis" (31)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Euphemism.

3. Where is the Peacock located?
(a) Rossbeigh.
(b) Glanbeigh.
(c) Ceanneraugh.
(d) Glaunagillagh.

4. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?
(a) Call Teddy.
(b) Get very drunk.
(c) Brag to his friends.
(d) Throw up.

5. What is Val's reaction to finding a pubic hair in his teeth?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He is delighted.
(c) He is disgusted.
(d) He is puzzled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Val not very surprised that one of the four underage girls who tries to enter the club knows him by name?

2. What does Martina tell Val about Galway?

3. What rhetorical purpose is served by explaining how the town council has dealt with the bridge situation?

4. What does Jimmy use to write "Marry Me" on Mark's car?

5. What technique is evident in the phrase, "stall by a booth as she swabbed down tabletops sticky with spilled spirits" (41)?

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