2. What was different about the song that was finally a hit for Doran and Eli's band?
(a) Maryanne sang lead.
(b) Eli wrote the lyrics.
(c) It was a punk-rock song.
(d) Doran wrote the music.

3. What thought does the "Diamonds" narrator say he had after his cat died?
(a) That he should kill himself.
(b) That he needed to start going to AA meetings.
(c) That he should never have another pet.
(d) That he should get some therapy.

4. What is the name of the eldest member of the "Diamonds" narrator's AA group?
(a) Duffy.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Sheeran.
(d) Mellick.

5. What is a reasonable inference from the description of Dympna's car in the opening of the story?
(a) Dympna resents the uncle who gave it to him.
(b) Dympna does not take good care of it.
(c) Arm disapproves of Dympna's lack of gratitude.
(d) Arm is snobbish about cars.

6. What is the description of Doran's "inexpertly folded tie" intended to accomplish (189)?
(a) It characterizes him as sloppy.
(b) It implies that he seldom wears a suit.
(c) It foreshadows that he is unmarried.
(d) It establishes a mocking tone.

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

8. How does Siobhán know the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) She is a friend of the narrator's sister.
(b) She remembers the narrator from high school.
(c) Her son is in the narrator's gym class.
(d) Her brother is the school principal.

9. Why does the "Diamonds" narrator feed the stray cats at Saint Carmichael's?
(a) He is hoping to adopt one of them.
(b) He loves and feels connected to animals.
(c) He feels guilty about his own cat's death.
(d) It is part of his job.

10. What does Doran do when Eli wants a drink but the barman is still in the cellar?
(a) Yells for the barman.
(b) Offers Eli his own pint.
(c) Tells Eli that he will just have to wait.
(d) Pours it himself.

11. What is the most accurate characterization of Rebecca's comments about Brandon's band and Glanbeigh?
(a) Naive.
(b) Insincere.
(c) Dismissive.
(d) Amused.

12. Dympna's comments about being able to change the uncles' minds on the day after Arm kills Flannigan are an example of what technique?
(a) Irony.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Symbolism.

13. On page 176, how does the "Diamonds" narrator describe the smell inside his car that makes him gag?
(a) "Desperate."
(b) "Holy."
(c) "Luminous."
(d) "Fetid."

14. How old is the narrator of "Diamonds"
(a) 27.
(b) 24.
(c) 30.
(d) 33.

15. Where are the barman's scars in "Kindly Forget My Existence"?
(a) On his throat.
(b) On his face.
(c) On his hands.
(d) On his arms.