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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?
(a) By drinking cold tea herself but offering Jimmy and Marlene hot tea.
(b) By reading the television listings at three a.m.
(c) By not caring when Marlene brings Jimmy home at three a.m.
(d) By watching David for Marlene while Marlene goes out with friends.

2. What is the likely rhetorical purpose of the midges and the fly mentioned in the story?
(a) To point out that the characters are partially responsible for their own troubles.
(b) To show that even nature is conspiring against the characters.
(c) To demonstrate the constant small miseries of the characters' lives.
(d) To illustrate the kind of squalor and desperation the characters live with.

3. How old is Jimmy?
(a) 25.
(b) 24.
(c) 23.
(d) 22.

4. On page 5, what unusual diction does Jimmy use to describe Marlene's eyes?
(a) "Verdigris."
(b) "Cerulean."
(c) "Citrine."
(d) "Smaragdine."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tug do to Mark's car?

2. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?

3. Why does Matteen ride in the back of Teddy's car?

4. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?

5. What evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?

(see the answer key)

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