Young Skins Test | Final Test - Easy

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Young Skins Test | Final Test - Easy

Colin Barrett
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 190 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best description of the "Diamonds" narrator's attitude toward teaching his gym classes?
(a) He uses it as a way to recapture some of his lost high-school athletic glory.
(b) He is laid-back and even a little lazy, but generally enjoys the job.
(c) He barely registers being there because he is so distracted by his urge to drink.
(d) He is meticulous and demanding, but questions whether the job is meaningful.

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

3. What does Eli tell the barman when they are outside having a cigarette?
(a) That he is trying to quit smoking.
(b) That Doran is not a close friend of his.
(c) That he has a wife and child.
(d) That he used to be married to Maryanne.

4. What is the description of Doran's "inexpertly folded tie" intended to accomplish (189)?
(a) It establishes a mocking tone.
(b) It implies that he seldom wears a suit.
(c) It characterizes him as sloppy.
(d) It foreshadows that he is unmarried.

5. What was Maryanne's failed solo record about?
(a) The war in Bosnia.
(b) Animal rights.
(c) Her marriage to Eli.
(d) Holocaust victims.

6. What does Arm reveal to the widow?
(a) Fannigan is dead.
(b) Hector is a con man.
(c) Dympna is dead.
(d) He intends to kill Hector.

7. On page 171, the "Diamonds" narrator describes his "long, hortatory riffs." What would these be?
(a) Encouraging speeches.
(b) Teasing jokes.
(c) Improvisational music.
(d) Detailed critiques.

8. What thought does the "Diamonds" narrator say he had after his cat died?
(a) That he should get some therapy.
(b) That he needed to start going to AA meetings.
(c) That he should never have another pet.
(d) That he should kill himself.

9. What is a reasonable inference from the description of Dympna's car in the opening of the story?
(a) Arm is snobbish about cars.
(b) Dympna does not take good care of it.
(c) Arm disapproves of Dympna's lack of gratitude.
(d) Dympna resents the uncle who gave it to him.

10. What is the name of the eldest member of the "Diamonds" narrator's AA group?
(a) Duffy.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Mellick.
(d) Sheeran.

11. What does Eli notice makes up the pattern on Doran's tie?
(a) Musical notes.
(b) Happy faces.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Skulls.

12. How did the barman get his scars?
(a) His wife tried to kill him.
(b) From a criminal associate.
(c) He attempted suicide.
(d) Fighting in a war.

13. What technique is used in the sentence "Limply piled and dripping, it resembled the lustreless corpse of a drowned animal" (190)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

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

15. On page 195, how does Eli characterize his marriage to Maryanne?
(a) "Insanity."
(b) "Hopeful."
(c) "Craven."
(d) "Panicked."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the knees of Eli's suit get stained?

2. On page 136, how does Dympna describe Arm?

3. What is the first clue that Arm has died?

4. What is in the satchel that Dympna brings to the uncles' farm?

5. Whom does the "Diamonds" narrator describe as "sick-of-their-own-shit degenerates" (171)?

(see the answer keys)

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