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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: "Diamonds".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is evident in the page 143 sentence "It was drenched in a swathe of syrupy, sticky stuff turned dark plum against the denim"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Simile.

2. What offends Paudi about his brother's personal grooming?
(a) His hair-care routine.
(b) His collection of colognes.
(c) His mismatched clothing.
(d) He has started wearing jewelry.

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

4. Why does Siobhán dismiss the rule of anonymity at the meeting?
(a) The town is too small for it to be practical.
(b) She does not agree that substance abuse is a shameful secret.
(c) The narrator is already too well-known to everyone there.
(d) She does not think that most rules apply to her.

5. In the context of Young Skins, what does the word "estate" mean?
(a) A large piece of agricultural land used for crops or animals.
(b) The capital passed from a deceased person to their heirs.
(c) A planned development of houses, often designed for low-income residents.
(d) A large home and property in the countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Usula?

2. What causes Bat's mother to tell him "You look constantly as if in want" (52)?

3. When Bat compares himself to "a thickset golem hewn from the scrabbled, sodden dirt of Connaught," what literary technique is employed?

4. Whom does the "Diamonds" narrator describe as "sick-of-their-own-shit degenerates" (171)?

5. At the AA meeting, what does the man say he was doing when he lost his fingers?

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