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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 an "alfresco" area of a restaurant?
(a) The area where people wait for takeout orders.
(b) An outdoor section.
(c) A smoking section.
(d) The section where alcohol is served.

2. What does Tug do to Mark's car?
(a) Kicks in the windshield.
(b) Flips it over.
(c) Runs a key down the paint on the doors.
(d) Smashes the headlights.

3. What is ironic about the text message that Val sends to Martina at the end of the story?
(a) Martina has accidentally left her phone behind at the Peacock.
(b) The reader is aware that Joan is the one who has feelings for Val.
(c) Martina has only pretended to go early to Galway in order to get out of seeing Val again.
(d) She has already complained to him about a boyfriend being too clingy.

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

5. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the two men get out of their car opposite to where Val, Joan, and Martina are sitting, what are they dressed to do?

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

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

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

5. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?

(see the answer key)

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