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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Martina stay in Holland?
(a) On a houseboat on a canal.
(b) In a cabin in a wooded park.
(c) In a hotel in Amsterdam.
(d) In the country home of school friends.

2. What does "Father Time" always have with him?
(a) A dog.
(b) A book.
(c) A knife.
(d) A beer.

3. Why does Heg invite Bat to drinks at The Yellow Belly?
(a) It is Heg's birthday.
(b) Heg thinks that Bat might want to meet the barmaid.
(c) Heg is heading back to college.
(d) Heg knows that Bat will buy him drinks.

4. When Bat is eating dinner after work, why are the two little Minion boys in the kitchen?
(a) His aunt wants Bat to babysit them.
(b) They have brought over a cake from their mother.
(c) They have come to play with Bat's younger brother.
(d) His mother is cutting their hair.

5. On the day the story opens, what does Bat do after dinner but before he starts drinking?
(a) Looks in the paper for another job.
(b) Goes to church.
(c) Rides his motorcycle.
(d) Tries to call Tain.

6. What makes Bat feel out of place at the gathering at The Yellow Belly?
(a) Many people in the group stand away from him and avoid talking to him.
(b) Many people in the groups stare at his drooping lip and scars.
(c) The group talks mostly about their shared experiences in college.
(d) The group talks about philosophy and politics, which he knows little about.

7. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?
(a) By drinking cold tea herself but offering Jimmy and Marlene hot tea.
(b) By watching David for Marlene while Marlene goes out with friends.
(c) By reading the television listings at three a.m.
(d) By not caring when Marlene brings Jimmy home at three a.m.

8. What technique is evident in the phrase, "stall by a booth as she swabbed down tabletops sticky with spilled spirits" (41)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Cacophony.

9. What does Tug do to Mark's car?
(a) Kicks in the windshield.
(b) Flips it over.
(c) Runs a key down the paint on the doors.
(d) Smashes the headlights.

10. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synechdoche.

11. What does Martina tell Val about Galway?
(a) She wishes that she had gone to Dublin instead.
(b) She hates not being able to see the stars because of the city lights.
(c) The people there know ten times as much about the world as Val does.
(d) It seems as far away as the moon to people like him.

12. What does Bat's mother accuse him of constantly doing?
(a) Being too loud.
(b) Stammering.
(c) Laughing inappropriately.
(d) Muttering.

13. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?
(a) They are poorly educated.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are criminals.
(d) They are ugly.

14. How old is Martina when the story opens?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

15. What technique is evident in the phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Situational irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Davy Boran's attitude about his daughters?

2. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?

3. What physical feature of his own does Jimmy find unattractive?

4. The atmosphere of "Bait" is partially created by what unusual weather?

5. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?

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