1. How does Siobhán know the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) She remembers the narrator from high school.
(b) She is a friend of the narrator's sister.
(c) Her son is in the narrator's gym class.
(d) Her brother is the school principal.

2. What is the likely rhetorical purpose of the midges and the fly mentioned in the story?
(a) To show that even nature is conspiring against the characters.
(b) To demonstrate the constant small miseries of the characters' lives.
(c) To point out that the characters are partially responsible for their own troubles.
(d) To illustrate the kind of squalor and desperation the characters live with.

3. Which is the best description of the "Diamonds" narrator's attitude toward teaching his gym classes?
(a) He uses it as a way to recapture some of his lost high-school athletic glory.
(b) He is laid-back and even a little lazy, but generally enjoys the job.
(c) He barely registers being there because he is so distracted by his urge to drink.
(d) He is meticulous and demanding, but questions whether the job is meaningful.

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

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