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

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

3. What does Arm sit watching while he waits for Dympna?
(a) A video of Brandon's band playing.
(b) A dog in a neighbor's window.
(c) The Nephin Mountains in the distance.
(d) Two schoolgirls smoking and talking.

4. Who does Dympna suspect told his uncles about what happened to Charlie?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Fannigan.
(c) His mother.
(d) Lisa.

5. What does Paudi do with the stone that Arm sets on the table?
(a) Tells Arm to get it out of his house.
(b) Throws it at Arm's face.
(c) Tosses it into the fireplace.
(d) Puts it in his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the AA meeting, what does the man say he was doing when he lost his fingers?

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

3. On page 175, what does the "Diamonds" narrator say appeals to him about Siobhán Maher?

4. Besides money, what does Arm take from the horse farm?

5. What offends Paudi about his brother's personal grooming?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Arm runs into Fannigan on his walk on the night that Brandon's band plays at Quillinan's, what does Arm do to Fannigan?

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

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

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

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

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

7. When Arm and Dympna arrive at the uncles' farm, what does Paudi show them?

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

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

10. How did Arm and Dympna meet?

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