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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Calm With Horses" Pages 79-131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?
(a) They are criminals.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They are poorly educated.
(d) They are poor.

2. What technique is used in the sentence, "Slender reeds brush against one another as cleanly as freshly whetted blades" (13)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

3. Who is the person that Bat refers to as "the old dear"?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?
(a) The college students are abandoning those left at home.
(b) The college students are not smarter, just luckier.
(c) The college students are their hope for the future.
(d) The college students are condescending and rude.

5. To what animal does Martina compare the drummer?
(a) A dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) An ape.
(d) A hedgehog.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arm and Dympna meet Hector at Lally's, what conspiracy theory is the odd older man with Hector trying to advance?

2. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?

3. When Teddy says that he and his friends were "flummoxed," what is he saying about them (21)?

4. What evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?

5. Why is Val not very surprised that one of the four underage girls who tries to enter the club knows him by name?

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