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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. What technique is used when Paudi says that he will "have to take [the dog] for a walk up the heather" (135)?

2. What does Dympna do for a living?

3. On page 136, how does Dympna describe Arm?

4. What thought does the "Diamonds" narrator say he had after his cat died?

5. What does Paudi do with the stone that Arm sets on the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What do the narrator and Siobhán see as they are driving down the quay road, and what is Siobhán's reaction?

4. Whom does the barman tell Doran he reminds him of?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Why are there so few functional romantic relationships in Young Skins? Is this a comment on the environment of Glanbeigh, a comment on Irish culture, or a comment on life in general? Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the anthology's dearth of rewarding romantic relationships. Use textual evidence from throughout the anthology in defense of your ideas.

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