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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dympna suspect told his uncles about what happened to Charlie?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Fannigan.
(c) His mother.
(d) Charlie.

2. What technique is used in Teddy's description of a pool ball spinning "confusedly on its own axis" (31)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Simile.

3. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?
(a) James Gandolfini.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) Burt Reynolds.
(d) Marlon Brando.

4. On page 176, how does the "Diamonds" narrator describe the smell inside his car that makes him gag?
(a) "Desperate."
(b) "Fetid."
(c) "Luminous."
(d) "Holy."

5. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Metonymy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator describing on page 1 when he talks about "tenderized brain cases and seesawing stomachs"?

2. When Tansey tells Sarah that she is a "diamond pulled from a coal bucket," what is he implying about her family?

3. What is Tansey doing when Teddy says that he "gouged the baize" (31)?

4. How does Siobhán know the "Diamonds" narrator?

5. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?

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