1. What is the juxtaposition of Jimmy's comments about Tug's inability to lie convincingly with Jimmy's question about Tug's medication intended to convey?
(a) Jimmy believes that Tug has medication to sell him.
(b) Jimmy believes that Tug does not need his medication.
(c) Jimmy believes that Tug is off his medication.
(d) Jimmy believes that Tug should be on a higher dose of his medication.

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

3. In "Bait," Teddy describes Matteen as feeling "dolour" (19). What does this mean Matteen is feeling?
(a) Pride.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Lust.
(d) Sorrow.

4. Why is Val not very surprised that one of the four underage girls who tries to enter the club knows him by name?
(a) She went to school with his brothers.
(b) She is his cousin, Mary Devaney.
(c) He used to date her older sister.
(d) He is well-known in their small town.

5. What does "Father Time" always have with him?
(a) A knife.
(b) A beer.
(c) A book.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which piece of diction injects irony into the sentence "...the only regular customers a handful of the town's senior pissheads, intent on drinking thought their pension money by a respectable hour" (40)?

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)?

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

4. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?

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

(see the answer key)

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