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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. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?
2. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?
3. Who is the "drummer" that Joan mentions in her conversation with Martina?
4. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
5. The description of Tain's knees as "blunt, knobby, and flushed scaldingly red" reinforces what about Tain (65)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Bat think that something inappropriate has happened between Heg and Tain?
2. What happened to Bat at Monroe's takeaway?
3. What happens on the final Saturday of the story "The Moon"?
4. How does Val know Martina Boran, and how has their relationship changed since he met her?
5. How does Teddy end up in Bleak Woods, and what happens to him, there?
6. What are the two other names that Tug is known by, and how did he get them?
7. When Jimmy and Tug leave the pub and see Mark's car, what do they do?
8. In what sense does Bat try to protect Tain's childhood?
9. Describe the club that is the setting for the first part of "The Moon."
10. When "Bait" opens, where are Matteen and Teddy, and why are they there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Mule River appears in several of the stories in Young Skins. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of the river as a setting in the anthology, using textual evidence from at least four stories to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
The first five pieces in the anthology center on characters who have chosen to stay in Glanbeigh. The Last two focus on characters who have chosen to leave, but who end up coming home, at least temporarily, when they run into trouble in the wider world. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the thematic idea being advanced by this structure. Use evidence from at least two stories in the first section of the book and evidence from both of the stories in the latter section as you defend your claim.
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