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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Martina when the story opens?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

2. What causes Bat to feel so nauseous that he rushes to the bathroom, thinking he will throw up?
(a) Luke brings up the incident at Munroe's.
(b) He sees Luke kiss Tain.
(c) Tain tells him that she has slept with Heg.
(d) He has had far too much to drink.

3. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?
(a) An empty beer can.
(b) A broken tube of lipstick.
(c) A daddy long legs.
(d) A wad of toilet paper.

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

5. What is the first clue that Arm has died?
(a) The shift in the narrator's focus from Arm to Maire.
(b) Maire's repeated urging about getting medical attention.
(c) The old man in fishing gear reappearing.
(d) The shift in tone from bright and cheerful to mournful and dark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Davy Boran's attitude about his daughters?

3. What does Dympna do for a living?

4. What does Matteen do for a living?

5. After Matteen came out of the woods on the night he first kissed Sarah, what did he do?

(see the answer key)

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