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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Jenny and Sarah lead Teddy when they leave the pub?
(a) To Grove Park.
(b) To Bleak Woods.
(c) To Farrow Hill.
(d) To Glanbeigh Cemetery.

2. What does the Irish slang expression "shift" mean?
(a) Drink alcohol.
(b) Use illicit drugs.
(c) Kiss; make out.
(d) Meet new people.

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

4. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?
(a) Regret.
(b) Pride.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Gratitude.

5. Jimmy says that Tug has a "lugubrious air" (3). What is another way to describe this quality?
(a) Quietly desperate.
(b) Exaggeratedly sad.
(c) Aggressively cheerful.
(d) Theatrically joyous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition of Jimmy's comments about Tug's inability to lie convincingly with Jimmy's question about Tug's medication intended to convey?

2. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?

3. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?

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

5. When Tug stands at Jimmy's side during their conversation with Marlene and Mark, how does Jimmy characterize Tug?

(see the answer key)

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