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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. When Arm and Dympna meet Hector at Lally's, what conspiracy theory is the odd older man with Hector trying to advance?
(a) Jesus had a twin brother.
(b) The World Cup finalists are all robots.
(c) There is a hidden planet in our solar system.
(d) Scotland is trying to annex Ireland.

2. What technique is used in the sentence "Limply piled and dripping, it resembled the lustreless corpse of a drowned animal" (190)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Euphemism.

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

4. On page 173, the "Diamonds" narrator describes "the abrupt drumlins of his knuckles." What are "drumlins"?
(a) Teardrop-shaped ridges formed by glacial action.
(b) Boulders smoothed by wave action.
(c) Short and stout mythical humanoids.
(d) Taut membranes stretched over wooden hoops or barrel heads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Eli realize that he has been overreacting to the idea of going to Maryanne's funeral?

2. On page 171, the "Diamonds" narrator describes his "long, hortatory riffs." What would these be?

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "the bright white furnace of cold" (175)?

4. Who is Usula?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arm and Dympna meet?

2. What is Hector and Paudi's response to the situation with Fannigan?

3. Why does Arm's son not live with him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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