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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Teddy describes Sarah as "daffy" (20). What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Tall.
(d) Quiet.

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

3. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
(a) She pepper sprays him.
(b) She punches him.
(c) She stabs him.
(d) She bites him.

4. What is Tansey doing when Teddy says that he "gouged the baize" (31)?
(a) Using his cue to tap the wooden edge of the table.
(b) Sinking the shot that wins the game.
(c) Executing a trick shot.
(d) Ripping the surface of the pool table.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tug offer the boy as a toll for using "his" bridge?

5. What is the narrator describing on page 1 when he talks about "tenderized brain cases and seesawing stomachs"?

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