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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 does Tug offer the boy as a toll for using "his" bridge?
(a) Potato chips.
(b) Half of a chocolate bar.
(c) Takeout french fries.
(d) An old farthing coin.

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

3. What does the Irish expression "couldn't be arsed" mean (45)?
(a) Not at all amused.
(b) Calm, unflappable.
(c) Unwilling to bother with something.
(d) Incapable of embarrassment.

4. Why is Teddy unable to speak at the end of "Bait" (35)?
(a) He is paralyzed with fear.
(b) One of the women is standing on his throat.
(c) His mouth is full of dirt and leaves.
(d) He is lapsing into unconsciousness.

5. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?
(a) Joan has a crush on Davy Boran.
(b) Joan has a reputation for being dangerous.
(c) Joan is leaving soon for college in Dublin.
(d) Joan and Val have slept together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teddy describes Sarah as "daffy" (20). What does this word mean in this context?

2. Where do Jenny and Sarah lead Teddy when they leave the pub?

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

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. How old is Jimmy?

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