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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "The Moon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Martina expected to study in college, and what does she actually study?
(a) Hospitality; history.
(b) Medicine; art.
(c) Child development; law.
(d) Engineering; literature.

2. What rhetorical purpose is served by explaining how the town council has dealt with the bridge situation?
(a) It establishes the tone of whimsy that continues with the child pretending to be a king.
(b) It portrays the government as a force of oppression.
(c) It creates dramatic irony because the characters do not know what the reader knows.
(d) It demonstrates that the government is not much help in the characters' lives.

3. What is the narrator describing on page 1 when he talks about "tenderized brain cases and seesawing stomachs"?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Sea sickness.
(c) Migraine headaches.
(d) Hangovers.

4. What is Val's reaction to finding a pubic hair in his teeth?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He is puzzled.
(c) He is disgusted.
(d) He is delighted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Tansey to "be nice" (30)?

2. What is Davy Boran's attitude about his daughters?

3. What does the Irish slang expression "shift" mean?

4. On page 5, what unusual diction does Jimmy use to describe Marlene's eyes?

5. What does the Irish expression "couldn't be arsed" mean (45)?

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