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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. What causes Bat's mother to tell him "You look constantly as if in want" (52)?
(a) His wide eyes.
(b) His skinny frame.
(c) His drooping lip.
(d) His shaking hands.

2. What is the juxtaposition of Jimmy's comments about Tug's inability to lie convincingly with Jimmy's question about Tug's medication intended to convey?
(a) Jimmy believes that Tug should be on a higher dose of his medication.
(b) Jimmy believes that Tug is off his medication.
(c) Jimmy believes that Tug has medication to sell him.
(d) Jimmy believes that Tug does not need his medication.

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

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

5. Why does Tansey call Matteen "Judgeboy" (29)?
(a) His father is a judge.
(b) His last name is "Judge."
(c) He served as a county fair judge.
(d) He wears a long black coat in winter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which character "resembles nothing so much as his own freshly revived corpse" (54)?

4. What is the likely rhetorical purpose of the midges and the fly mentioned in the story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the four underage girls arrive at the club on the night the story opens?

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

4. What is the setting of "The Clancy Kid"?

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

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

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

8. What is the relationship between Jimmy and Marlene?

9. What happens on the club's balcony, and what does it suggest about Val?

10. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

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