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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: "Diamonds".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the source of Jack's behaviors that puzzle Arm?
(a) Jack has Down's Syndrome.
(b) Jack is autistic.
(c) Jack is uncomfortable with Arm.
(d) Jack is poorly disciplined.

2. To what does Jimmy compare all of Tug's ideas about what might have happened to Wayne Clancy?
(a) Black flowers.
(b) Empty pint glasses.
(c) Poisoned chocolates.
(d) Buses pulling in and out of a station.

3. In Teddy's opinion, how has constant attention affected Sarah's personality?
(a) It has made her eccentric.
(b) It has made her spoiled.
(c) It has made her suspicious.
(d) It has made her self-conscious.

4. What does an examination of his own hands reveal to the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) He is slowly killing himself with alcohol.
(b) He has never done an honest day's work.
(c) They remind him of his deceased father's hands.
(d) He is getting old.

5. Why does his manager send Bat to work in the back?
(a) He is the only one strong enough to lift the stock.
(b) His tattoos are visible.
(c) Bat is still clearly drunk.
(d) Bat makes customers uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martina's attitude toward the young customers trading phone numbers and kissing one another goodbye in the parking lot?

2. What technique is employed in the phrase "the bright white furnace of cold" (175)?

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

4. What offends Paudi about his brother's personal grooming?

5. How did the "Diamonds" narrator's cat die?

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