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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. On page 5, what unusual diction does Jimmy use to describe Marlene's eyes?
(a) "Citrine."
(b) "Cerulean."
(c) "Smaragdine."
(d) "Verdigris."

2. When Jimmy snaps at Tug about his speculation about Wayne Clancy, how does Tug react?
(a) He keeps talking about it.
(b) He seems angry.
(c) He seems hurt.
(d) He laughs.

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

4. What technique is evident in the phrase, "stall by a booth as she swabbed down tabletops sticky with spilled spirits" (41)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Sibilance.

5. In the context of Young Skins, what does the word "estate" mean?
(a) A large piece of agricultural land used for crops or animals.
(b) The capital passed from a deceased person to their heirs.
(c) A large home and property in the countryside.
(d) A planned development of houses, often designed for low-income residents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Tansey to "be nice" (30)?

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

3. What rhetorical purpose is served by explaining how the town council has dealt with the bridge situation?

4. What is Jimmy's intention when he asks the child at the bridge "What class of weapon is that" (14)?

5. What is an "alfresco" area of a restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator of "Bait."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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