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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Stand Your Skin".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character "resembles nothing so much as his own freshly revived corpse" (54)?
(a) Tansey.
(b) Heg.
(c) Bat.
(d) Dungan.

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

4. Why are there rumors about Sarah's parentage circulating around town?
(a) Her mother has had several affairs.
(b) She has an unusual way of speaking that sounds foreign.
(c) Everyone knows that the Dignans were not able to have their own children.
(d) She does not look or act like her family.

5. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
(a) She punches him.
(b) She pepper sprays him.
(c) She bites him.
(d) She stabs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Teddy says that he and his friends were "flummoxed," what is he saying about them (21)?

2. What is Martina's attitude toward the young customers trading phone numbers and kissing one another goodbye in the parking lot?

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

4. The description of Tain's knees as "blunt, knobby, and flushed scaldingly red" reinforces what about Tain (65)?

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

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