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

2. Why does Tansey call Matteen "Judgeboy" (29)?
(a) His last name is "Judge."
(b) He served as a county fair judge.
(c) He wears a long black coat in winter.
(d) His father is a judge.

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

4. When Bat compares himself to "a thickset golem hewn from the scrabbled, sodden dirt of Connaught," what literary technique is employed?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Paradox.

5. On page 136, how does Dympna describe Arm?
(a) "A daft lad."
(b) "A harmless culchie."
(c) "A solid man."
(d) "A loyal skin."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the "Diamonds" narrator describe as "sick-of-their-own-shit degenerates" (171)?

2. The word "oyster" to describe Matteen's paleness is likely chosen for what connotation?

3. What technique is evident in the page 143 sentence "It was drenched in a swathe of syrupy, sticky stuff turned dark plum against the denim"?

4. What is Jimmy's intention when he asks the child at the bridge "What class of weapon is that" (14)?

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

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