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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 was Maryanne's failed solo record about?
(a) The war in Bosnia.
(b) Her marriage to Eli.
(c) Holocaust victims.
(d) Animal rights.

2. How did the "Diamonds" narrator's cat die?
(a) While drunk, the narrator rolled on him and suffocated him.
(b) He escaped the narrator's flat and ran into traffic.
(c) The narrator forgot to give him food and water.
(d) He found and ate drugs the narrator had stashed in his closet.

3. What was different about the song that was finally a hit for Doran and Eli's band?
(a) It was a punk-rock song.
(b) Doran wrote the music.
(c) Maryanne sang lead.
(d) Eli wrote the lyrics.

4. It is reasonable to infer that for the "Diamonds" narrator, the most depressing part of the unusually harsh winter is what?
(a) The trash mounding up everywhere.
(b) The cats dying.
(c) The constant traffic accidents.
(d) Students falling and getting hurt.

5. Where are the barman's scars in "Kindly Forget My Existence"?
(a) On his throat.
(b) On his face.
(c) On his hands.
(d) On his arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of information does Arm reveal to Paudi that surprises even Dympna?

2. What thought does the "Diamonds" narrator say he had after his cat died?

3. How long has Doran been drinking in the bar by the time Eli shows up?

4. What is the name of the band that Doran and Eli were in?

5. Why does the "Diamonds" narrator feed the stray cats at Saint Carmichael's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Eli, Doran, and Maryanne know one another?

2. Why does the narrator of "Diamonds" need to rely on his former school principal once he is in Glanbeigh?

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

4. How did Arm and Dympna meet?

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

6. When Arm finally gets what he wants from Maire Mirkin, what is ironic about the situation?

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

8. What evidence is there that the narrator in "Diamonds" is determined to overcome his alcohol abuse?

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

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

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