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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 does an examination of his own hands reveal to the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) He is getting old.
(b) They remind him of his deceased father's hands.
(c) He has never done an honest day's work.
(d) He is slowly killing himself with alcohol.

2. When the "Diamonds" narrator meets the woman in the city, what does he tell her about his life?
(a) He tells her about being a gym teacher at Saint Carmichael's.
(b) He tells her about his substance abuse problem and Siobhán.
(c) He tells her about his parents and his sister.
(d) He makes up lies based on other people's lives.

3. What does Eli tell the barman when they are outside having a cigarette?
(a) That he has a wife and child.
(b) That he used to be married to Maryanne.
(c) That Doran is not a close friend of his.
(d) That he is trying to quit smoking.

4. How long has Doran been drinking in the bar by the time Eli shows up?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

5. The nickname of the Devers house and Dympna's troubles with women are evidence of what?
(a) Prejudice against the Traveller community.
(b) The community's fear of Dympna's reputation.
(c) The family's poverty.
(d) The difficult temperaments of the Devers sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the "Diamonds" narrator's attitude toward teaching his gym classes?

2. When Arm and Dympna meet Hector at Lally's, what conspiracy theory is the odd older man with Hector trying to advance?

3. What does Eli notice makes up the pattern on Doran's tie?

4. In Doran's opinion, what has kept him from going to the funeral?

5. What was different about the song that was finally a hit for Doran and Eli's band?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's current job, and why, in "Diamonds"?

2. Who is Siobhán Maher, and how does she recognize the narrator of "Diamonds"?

3. What motives for helping him does the narrator of "Diamonds" ascribe to his former principal?

4. What is Owen Doran doing in the beginning of "Kindly Forget My Existence," and why?

5. What is Hector and Paudi's response to the situation with Fannigan?

6. Who is Mellick, and what story does he tell at AA meetings?

7. What does the narrator do on the Monday after he meets Siobhán?

8. Where does Arm head first after he leaves the uncles' farm, and what does he do once he gets there?

9. What happens when Arm goes back to the horse farm for a second time?

10. In the years since their band broke up, how have Eli and Doran's lives differed?

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