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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. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?
(a) He is becoming frightened.
(b) He is distracted and tired.
(c) He is sexually aroused.
(d) He is furiously angry.

2. What makes Bat feel out of place at the gathering at The Yellow Belly?
(a) The group talks mostly about their shared experiences in college.
(b) The group talks about philosophy and politics, which he knows little about.
(c) Many people in the groups stare at his drooping lip and scars.
(d) Many people in the group stand away from him and avoid talking to him.

3. Which piece of diction injects irony into the sentence "...the only regular customers a handful of the town's senior pissheads, intent on drinking thought their pension money by a respectable hour" (40)?
(a) Pissheads.
(b) Senior.
(c) Regular.
(d) Respectable.

4. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
(a) She pepper sprays him.
(b) She punches him.
(c) She bites him.
(d) She stabs him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in Teddy's description of a pool ball spinning "confusedly on its own axis" (31)?

2. Who is the person that Bat refers to as "the old dear"?

3. What is the likely purpose of the repetition in the page 3 sentence "He is in a good mood, a good, good, good but edgy, edgy, edgy mood"?

4. How many years apart are Martina and Val?

5. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Jimmy and Marlene?

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

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

5. What does Tain bring with her to the bar, and what ends up happening to it?

6. Describe the narrator of "Bait."

7. Describe Bat's relationship with his mother in "Stand Your Skin."

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

9. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

10. How does Val know Martina Boran, and how has their relationship changed since he met her?

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