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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?
(a) Call Teddy.
(b) Get very drunk.
(c) Brag to his friends.
(d) Throw up.

2. What is implied when the crowd begins to thin out after Tansey arrives?
(a) The crowd is getting bored.
(b) Everyone is tired of losing to Matteen.
(c) The pub is about to close.
(d) They know Tansey and expect trouble.

3. When Teddy says that he and his friends were "flummoxed," what is he saying about them (21)?
(a) They were anxious.
(b) They were jealous and bitter.
(c) They were shocked and confused.
(d) They were amused.

4. What is Martina expected to study in college, and what does she actually study?
(a) Medicine; art.
(b) Child development; law.
(c) Hospitality; history.
(d) Engineering; literature.

5. Jimmy says that Tug has a "lugubrious air" (3). What is another way to describe this quality?
(a) Theatrically joyous.
(b) Quietly desperate.
(c) Exaggeratedly sad.
(d) Aggressively cheerful.

6. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?
(a) He is sexually aroused.
(b) He is distracted and tired.
(c) He is becoming frightened.
(d) He is furiously angry.

7. 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.

8. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?
(a) Jack Nicholson.
(b) Burt Reynolds.
(c) James Gandolfini.
(d) Marlon Brando.

9. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?
(a) The college students are condescending and rude.
(b) The college students are their hope for the future.
(c) The college students are not smarter, just luckier.
(d) The college students are abandoning those left at home.

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

11. Who is the "drummer" that Joan mentions in her conversation with Martina?
(a) A man whose band plays at the Peacock.
(b) Martina's boyfriend.
(c) Val.
(d) Joan's brother.

12. What is Davy Boran's attitude about his daughters?
(a) He hopes that they will take over his business some day.
(b) He is proud of their accomplishments.
(c) He just wants them to get married and move out.
(d) He barely notices them, because he is consumed with work.

13. Where do Val, Joan, and Martina meet after work?
(a) By the Mule River.
(b) In the basement of the Peacock.
(c) In a parking lot by Bleak Woods.
(d) At Joan Doody's mother's house.

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

15. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?
(a) A daddy long legs.
(b) An empty beer can.
(c) A broken tube of lipstick.
(d) A wad of toilet paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?

2. Bat suffers from tinnitus. What does this cause?

3. What is an "alfresco" area of a restaurant?

4. What technique is evident in the phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?

5. Why does Tansey call Matteen "Judgeboy" (29)?

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