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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does his manager send Bat to work in the back?
2. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?
3. What do Tain, Heg, and Bat do on their break?
4. What is the juxtaposition of Jimmy's comments about Tug's inability to lie convincingly with Jimmy's question about Tug's medication intended to convey?
5. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Bat think that something inappropriate has happened between Heg and Tain?
2. What happens on the club's balcony, and what does it suggest about Val?
3. Describe the club that is the setting for the first part of "The Moon."
4. Who is the "Clancy kid," and what happened to him?
5. When Jimmy and Tug leave the pub and see Mark's car, what do they do?
6. What happens on the final Saturday of the story "The Moon"?
7. Describe Bat's recurring dream.
8. Who is Nubbin Tansey, and what trouble does he cause at Quillinan's Pub?
9. What is the rhetorical purpose of Heg's character being a college student?
10. What happened to Bat at Monroe's takeaway?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the purpose of including an autistic character in "Calm With Horses"? What do the characters' reactions to Jack reveal about life in rural Ireland? What do the characters' reactions to Jack reveal about the characters themselves? Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the purpose of including Jack's character in "Calm With Horses."
Essay Topic 2
What is the real fascination that Tug has with the missing Clancy child? Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the symbolic significance of this missing child. Use textual evidence to defend your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the rhetorical purpose of the Young Skins motif of characters being identified by family characteristics--last names, physical characteristics, and so on. Use evidence from throughout the anthology to defend your ideas.
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