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

2. What is unusual about Bat's hair?
(a) It is a wig.
(b) It is prematurely grey.
(c) It is dyed purple.
(d) It is very long.

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

4. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?
(a) Joan has a reputation for being dangerous.
(b) Joan and Val have slept together.
(c) Joan has a crush on Davy Boran.
(d) Joan is leaving soon for college in Dublin.

5. Besides his head injury, what is the other cause of Bat's constant headaches?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) His drinking.
(c) Stress from his job.
(d) Allergies and sinus problems.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Matteen ride in the back of Teddy's car?

5. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jimmy and Tug leave the pub and see Mark's car, what do they do?

2. How does Teddy end up in Bleak Woods, and what happens to him, there?

3. When "Bait" opens, where are Matteen and Teddy, and why are they there?

4. What happened to Bat at Monroe's takeaway?

5. What in Tug's interaction with the children at the bridge demonstrates the softer side of his nature?

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

7. What is the relationship between Jimmy and Marlene?

8. Why does Bat think that something inappropriate has happened between Heg and Tain?

9. Describe the narrator of "Bait."

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

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