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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 phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Situational irony.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Understatement.

2. What is Tansey doing when Teddy says that he "gouged the baize" (31)?
(a) Executing a trick shot.
(b) Using his cue to tap the wooden edge of the table.
(c) Sinking the shot that wins the game.
(d) Ripping the surface of the pool table.

3. Who tells Tansey to "be nice" (30)?
(a) Teddy.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Matteen.
(d) Jenny.

4. At the AA meeting, what does the man say he was doing when he lost his fingers?
(a) Mountain climbing.
(b) Using a bandsaw.
(c) Playing a drinking game.
(d) Swimming in the ocean.

5. What was Dympna's reaction to Arm sleeping with three of his seven sisters?
(a) He got Hector to threaten Arm with violence unless he stopped.
(b) He jokingly asked Arm what he thought was wrong with the other four.
(c) He decided that his sisters approved of Arm and gave Arm a job.
(d) He beat Arm up and made him apologize.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?

2. What does Jimmy use to write "Marry Me" on Mark's car?

3. What draws Jimmy's attention to Marlene's engagement ring?

4. What is the "Diamonds" narrator intending to do when he leaves the school on Monday morning?

5. What technique is used in the sentence, "Slender reeds brush against one another as cleanly as freshly whetted blades" (13)?

(see the answer key)

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