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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 evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?
(a) Tug was recently hospitalized for depression.
(b) Tug is on psychiatric medication.
(c) Tug sees and hears things that are not there.
(d) Tug is seeing a therapist.

2. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?
(a) Sarah's aggressive response to Tansey.
(b) Matteen's success in lining up opponents at Quillinan's.
(c) The women's assault on Teddy.
(d) Tansey's bullying at Quillinan's.

3. What does an examination of his own hands reveal to the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) He is slowly killing himself with alcohol.
(b) He is getting old.
(c) He has never done an honest day's work.
(d) They remind him of his deceased father's hands.

4. To what animal does Martina compare the drummer?
(a) An ape.
(b) A snake.
(c) A hedgehog.
(d) A dog.

5. Which sentence most clearly conveys a thematic motif of this story?
(a) "Damage abides beneath the surface" (53).
(b) "Bat handles his hair delicately" (52).
(c) "None but the old dear call him Eamonn now" (53).
(d) "He splashes his face and watches the water drip like glue from his chin" (52).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides his head injury, what is the other cause of Bat's constant headaches?

3. What is Martina expected to study in college, and what does she actually study?

4. Why does his manager send Bat to work in the back?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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