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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. Besides money, what does Arm take from the horse farm?
(a) Some first aid supplies.
(b) The horse.
(c) Rebecca's jacket.
(d) A photo of Jack.

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

3. What technique is used when Paudi says that he will "have to take [the dog] for a walk up the heather" (135)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Personification.

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

5. What makes Eli realize that he has been overreacting to the idea of going to Maryanne's funeral?
(a) He shows Doran a recent photo of his child and Laura.
(b) Doran reminds him how many years ago they last saw Maryanne.
(c) None of the mourners recognize him.
(d) He talks to the barman about the things the barman has been through.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most accurate characterization of Rebecca's comments about Brandon's band and Glanbeigh?

2. It is reasonable to infer that for the "Diamonds" narrator, the most depressing part of the unusually harsh winter is what?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Doran tell Eli about his life that Eli says he doubts is true?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened on the band's tour that caused Doran to leave the band?

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

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

9. What can be inferred about how Maryanne died, and what evidence is there to support this inference?

10. What does Arm think, in retrospect, about the events at the uncles' farm?

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