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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 piece of information does Arm reveal to Paudi that surprises even Dympna?
(a) Jack loves horses.
(b) Fannigan is dead.
(c) Ursula is in college.
(d) Charlie has run away.

2. In his description of his train ride home in the opening of "Diamonds," what tone does the narrator adopt in his description of the landscape?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Admiring.
(d) Contemptuous.

3. On page 171, the "Diamonds" narrator describes his "long, hortatory riffs." What would these be?
(a) Detailed critiques.
(b) Improvisational music.
(c) Teasing jokes.
(d) Encouraging speeches.

4. 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) Maryanne sang lead.
(c) Eli wrote the lyrics.
(d) Doran wrote the music.

5. At the AA meeting, what does the man say he was doing when he lost his fingers?
(a) Mountain climbing.
(b) Playing a drinking game.
(c) Using a bandsaw.
(d) Swimming in the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dympna do for a living?

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

3. Where does Siobhán's husband work?

4. Who finds the "Diamonds" narrator a job in his hometown?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Arm's attitude toward his son?

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

5. What does the barman discover has been left behind after Doran and Eli leave, and what does he do with it?

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

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

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

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

10. What made Eli and Maryanne's marriage a disaster?

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