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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Bait".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?
(a) Tug sees and hears things that are not there.
(b) Tug is seeing a therapist.
(c) Tug is on psychiatric medication.
(d) Tug was recently hospitalized for depression.

2. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Metonymy.

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

4. Who tells Tansey to "be nice" (30)?
(a) Matteen.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Sarah.

5. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Irony.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Symbolism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jimmy says that Tug has a "lugubrious air" (3). What is another way to describe this quality?

2. When Jimmy snaps at Tug about his speculation about Wayne Clancy, how does Tug react?

3. What physical feature of his own does Jimmy find unattractive?

4. How old is Jimmy?

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

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