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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: "Diamonds".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the "Diamonds" narrator feed the stray cats at Saint Carmichael's?
(a) He is hoping to adopt one of them.
(b) It is part of his job.
(c) He feels guilty about his own cat's death.
(d) He loves and feels connected to animals.

2. 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) Taut membranes stretched over wooden hoops or barrel heads.
(c) Short and stout mythical humanoids.
(d) Boulders smoothed by wave action.

3. What is the most accurate characterization of Rebecca's comments about Brandon's band and Glanbeigh?
(a) Insincere.
(b) Dismissive.
(c) Naive.
(d) Amused.

4. Where do Jenny and Sarah lead Teddy when they leave the pub?
(a) To Grove Park.
(b) To Glanbeigh Cemetery.
(c) To Bleak Woods.
(d) To Farrow Hill.

5. Which piece of diction injects irony into the sentence "...the only regular customers a handful of the town's senior pissheads, intent on drinking thought their pension money by a respectable hour" (40)?
(a) Senior.
(b) Respectable.
(c) Regular.
(d) Pissheads.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jimmy snaps at Tug about his speculation about Wayne Clancy, how does Tug react?

2. In Bat's dream, what does the "mustard-seed" suit allude to?

3. What rhetorical purpose is served by explaining how the town council has dealt with the bridge situation?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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