View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence, "Slender reeds brush against one another as cleanly as freshly whetted blades" (13)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Euphemism.

2. What does Jimmy use to write "Marry Me" on Mark's car?
(a) A key.
(b) A paint marker.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) His own blood.

3. What technique is evident in the phrase, "stall by a booth as she swabbed down tabletops sticky with spilled spirits" (41)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

5. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) James Gandolfini.
(d) Burt Reynolds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Martina stay in Holland?

2. When Sarah first gets into Teddy's car, what does she do?

3. What is the likely rhetorical purpose of the midges and the fly mentioned in the story?

4. To what animal does Martina compare the drummer?

5. Why is Teddy unable to speak at the end of "Bait" (35)?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 267 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample