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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dympna is convinced that Hector is "working the slow grift" on the woman in Ballintober (98). What does this mean he thinks Hector is doing?
(a) Pretending to like her so that he can have sex with her.
(b) Spending time with her to con her out of money.
(c) Stringing her along until he finds a woman he likes better.
(d) Limiting their time together so she does not find out how he makes his money.

3. The description of Tain's knees as "blunt, knobby, and flushed scaldingly red" reinforces what about Tain (65)?
(a) Her lack of social skills.
(b) Her idealism.
(c) Her plainness.
(d) Her youth.

4. 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 should be on a higher dose of his medication.
(b) Jimmy believes that Tug is off his medication.
(c) Jimmy believes that Tug does not need his medication.
(d) Jimmy believes that Tug has medication to sell him.

5. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?
(a) Pride.
(b) Regret.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Nostalgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the source of Jack's behaviors that puzzle Arm?

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

3. What technique is used when Paudi says that he will "have to take [the dog] for a walk up the heather" (135)?

4. What does Paudi do with the stone that Arm sets on the table?

5. Where did Martina stay in Holland?

(see the answer key)

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