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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence most clearly conveys a thematic motif of this story?
(a) "He splashes his face and watches the water drip like glue from his chin" (52).
(b) "Damage abides beneath the surface" (53).
(c) "None but the old dear call him Eamonn now" (53).
(d) "Bat handles his hair delicately" (52).
2. Where do Jenny and Sarah lead Teddy when they leave the pub?
(a) To Glanbeigh Cemetery.
(b) To Grove Park.
(c) To Farrow Hill.
(d) To Bleak Woods.
3. What does Tug do to Mark's car?
(a) Kicks in the windshield.
(b) Flips it over.
(c) Smashes the headlights.
(d) Runs a key down the paint on the doors.
4. How does Sarah defend herself when Tansey tries to drag her with him?
(a) She stabs him.
(b) She punches him.
(c) She bites him.
(d) She pepper sprays him.
5. Jimmy says that Tug has a "lugubrious air" (3). What is another way to describe this quality?
(a) Aggressively cheerful.
(b) Exaggeratedly sad.
(c) Quietly desperate.
(d) Theatrically joyous.
6. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?
(a) By reading the television listings at three a.m.
(b) By watching David for Marlene while Marlene goes out with friends.
(c) By not caring when Marlene brings Jimmy home at three a.m.
(d) By drinking cold tea herself but offering Jimmy and Marlene hot tea.
7. What causes Bat to feel so nauseous that he rushes to the bathroom, thinking he will throw up?
(a) He sees Luke kiss Tain.
(b) He has had far too much to drink.
(c) Luke brings up the incident at Munroe's.
(d) Tain tells him that she has slept with Heg.
8. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?
(a) No outside alcohol is allowed.
(b) The bar closes exactly at 1:30 a.m.
(c) People who are drunk cannot enter.
(d) Those under 21 cannot enter.
9. When Bat compares himself to "a thickset golem hewn from the scrabbled, sodden dirt of Connaught," what literary technique is employed?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Dramatic irony.
10. What is Martina's attitude toward the young customers trading phone numbers and kissing one another goodbye in the parking lot?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Envy.
(d) Scorn.
11. What is foreshadowed by Matteen's comment to Sarah and Jenny "That's what passes for consent these days" (25) ?
(a) Matteen's success in lining up opponents at Quillinan's.
(b) Sarah's aggressive response to Tansey.
(c) Tansey's bullying at Quillinan's.
(d) The women's assault on Teddy.
12. What does Jimmy feel when he and Tug reach the other side of the bridge?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Regret.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Pride.
13. To what animal does Martina compare the drummer?
(a) An ape.
(b) A hedgehog.
(c) A dog.
(d) A snake.
14. 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) Regular.
(b) Senior.
(c) Respectable.
(d) Pissheads.
15. Where is the Peacock located?
(a) Glaunagillagh.
(b) Ceanneraugh.
(c) Glanbeigh.
(d) Rossbeigh.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Val's reaction to finding a pubic hair in his teeth?
2. When Bat is eating dinner after work, why are the two little Minion boys in the kitchen?
3. Why does Heg invite Bat to drinks at The Yellow Belly?
4. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?
5. Who tells Tansey to "be nice" (30)?
This section contains 603 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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