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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bat suffers from tinnitus. What does this cause?
(a) Nausea and vomiting.
(b) Dizziness and fainting.
(c) Blood pressure spikes.
(d) Ringing in his ears.

2. What is ironic about the text message that Val sends to Martina at the end of the story?
(a) The reader is aware that Joan is the one who has feelings for Val.
(b) She has already complained to him about a boyfriend being too clingy.
(c) Martina has accidentally left her phone behind at the Peacock.
(d) Martina has only pretended to go early to Galway in order to get out of seeing Val again.

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

4. When Tug stands at Jimmy's side during their conversation with Marlene and Mark, how does Jimmy characterize Tug?
(a) As a loyal pet and guard dog.
(b) As an unpredictable wild animal.
(c) As a weapon under his control.
(d) As a brother he completely depends on.

5. When Bat compares himself to "a thickset golem hewn from the scrabbled, sodden dirt of Connaught," what literary technique is employed?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Dramatic irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?

2. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?

3. Where do Val, Joan, and Martina meet after work?

4. In the context of Young Skins, what does the word "estate" mean?

5. In Teddy's opinion, how has constant attention affected Sarah's personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Matteen and Sarah first get together, and how did their relationship end?

2. What are the two other names that Tug is known by, and how did he get them?

3. Describe the narrator of "Bait."

4. Who is the "Clancy kid," and what happened to him?

5. What is the rhetorical purpose of Heg's character being a college student?

6. In what sense does Bat try to protect Tain's childhood?

7. Describe the club that is the setting for the first part of "The Moon."

8. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

9. Describe the main character of "Stand Your Skin."

10. Who is Martina's college boyfriend, and why is she thinking about ending the relationship?

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