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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 is the name of the band that Doran and Eli were in?
(a) My Existence.
(b) Sunken Figure.
(c) Skullduggery Nine.
(d) Satan on Sabbatical.

2. What offends Paudi about his brother's personal grooming?
(a) His mismatched clothing.
(b) His hair-care routine.
(c) He has started wearing jewelry.
(d) His collection of colognes.

3. In Doran's opinion, what has kept him from going to the funeral?
(a) Propriety.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Cowardice.

4. Why does the "Diamonds" narrator feed the stray cats at Saint Carmichael's?
(a) It is part of his job.
(b) He feels guilty about his own cat's death.
(c) He is hoping to adopt one of them.
(d) He loves and feels connected to animals.

5. Besides teaching gym classes part time, what other job does the "Diamonds" narrator hold at Saint Carmichael's?
(a) Hospitality supervisor.
(b) Cook.
(c) Groundskeeper.
(d) Maintenance.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 195, how does Eli characterize his marriage to Maryanne?

2. What does Paudi believe is true about Hector?

3. What is Dympna's main concern with the way that Hector and Paudi want to deal with Fannigan?

4. What is the antecedent of "it" in the story's ending, when the barman thinks "the man will come back for it" (210)?

5. When Eli met Maryanne's father, he had a "thin, vertiginous feeling." What kind of feeling was he having?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dympna's intention in bringing Arm inside the house at the farm, and how does Paudi react?

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

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

4. What does Arm tell Hector he wants from Maire, and why does he want it?

5. What are Arm and Dympna doing in the opening of "Calm With Horses"?

6. What does Arm believe is his parents' only real flaw, and why does he think they have this flaw?

7. Who are the two people that Arm calls when he reaches Ballintober, and why does he call them?

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

9. Whom does the barman tell Doran he reminds him of?

10. What is Rebecca's opinion of Arm after their conversation at Quillinan's?

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