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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. Where did Martina stay in Holland?
(a) In a cabin in a wooded park.
(b) In the country home of school friends.
(c) On a houseboat on a canal.
(d) In a hotel in Amsterdam.

2. What does Jimmy use to write "Marry Me" on Mark's car?
(a) A paint marker.
(b) His own blood.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) A key.

3. What causes Bat to feel so nauseous that he rushes to the bathroom, thinking he will throw up?
(a) He sees Luke kiss Tain.
(b) He has had far too much to drink.
(c) Tain tells him that she has slept with Heg.
(d) Luke brings up the incident at Munroe's.

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

5. What is Jimmy's intention when he asks the child at the bridge "What class of weapon is that" (14)?
(a) To find out if the child is actually dangerous.
(b) To play along with the child's game.
(c) To alert Tug to the presence of a weapon.
(d) To demonstrate that he is the adult in the situation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the page 38 expression "the lights were going up in just over an hour" mean?

3. When Martina describes "Father Time" as "about two hundred years old" and having a "mountainous shaggy white beard," what technique is being used (47)?

4. What is ironic about the text message that Val sends to Martina at the end of the story?

5. Why is Teddy unable to speak at the end of "Bait" (35)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens on the final Saturday of the story "The Moon"?

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

5. Who is Nubbin Tansey, and what trouble does he cause at Quillinan's Pub?

6. What is the relationship between Jimmy and Marlene?

7. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

8. Who is "Father Time"?

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

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

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