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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. Why does Matteen ride in the back of Teddy's car?
(a) He likes to ride beside his cue case.
(b) Teddy is smoking.
(c) Teddy is wearing a lot of cologne.
(d) He gets car sick.

2. 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) Imagery.
(b) Irony.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Symbolism.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of Young Skins, what does the word "estate" mean?

2. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?

3. What technique is used in Teddy's description of a pool ball spinning "confusedly on its own axis" (31)?

4. What does Martina tell Val about Galway?

5. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?

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