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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question does Eli ask the barman about the story he told them in the bar?
(a) He asks if he told the story to upset Doran.
(b) He asks how the barman knows whether the people were dead.
(c) He asks if the barman was the shooter in his story.
(d) He asks if the story is true or if he made it up.

3. What is the antecedent of "it" in the story's ending, when the barman thinks "the man will come back for it" (210)?
(a) Eli's umbrella.
(b) Eli's overcoat.
(c) Doran's wallet.
(d) Doran's photograph of Maryanne.

4. What is the barman's name?
(a) Ajdin.
(b) Besim.
(c) Dukic.
(d) Borya.

5. What technique is evident in the page 143 sentence "It was drenched in a swathe of syrupy, sticky stuff turned dark plum against the denim"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Synesthesia.

6. How does Siobhán know the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) Her brother is the school principal.
(b) Her son is in the narrator's gym class.
(c) She remembers the narrator from high school.
(d) She is a friend of the narrator's sister.

7. What is in the satchel that Dympna brings to the uncles' farm?
(a) Prescription drugs.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Money.
(d) Weapons.

8. What does Paudi believe is true about Hector?
(a) He is stealing money from their business.
(b) He no longer cares about anything except Maire.
(c) He is dangerous and unpredictable.
(d) He spends too much time worrying about the police.

9. When Eli met Maryanne's father, he had a "thin, vertiginous feeling." What kind of feeling was he having?
(a) Fearful and apprehensive.
(b) Dizzy and disoriented.
(c) Belittled and confused.
(d) Bitter and angry.

10. Where does Siobhán's husband work?
(a) On an offshore oil rig.
(b) At a local pub.
(c) In a mine in Siberia.
(d) At Saint Carmichael's.

11. What does an examination of his own hands reveal to the "Diamonds" narrator?
(a) He is getting old.
(b) They remind him of his deceased father's hands.
(c) He is slowly killing himself with alcohol.
(d) He has never done an honest day's work.

12. When Doran left the band, where did he go?
(a) London.
(b) Galway.
(c) Home to his mother's house.
(d) Helsinki.

13. Which word best describes the uncles' house?
(a) Spartan.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Opulent.
(d) Cozy.

14. What is the "Diamonds" narrator intending to do when he leaves the school on Monday morning?
(a) Get coffee and a newspaper.
(b) Go to a pub.
(c) Go to Siobhán's house.
(d) Go into the city.

15. When the "Diamonds" narrator meets the woman in the city, what does he tell her about his life?
(a) He tells her about his parents and his sister.
(b) He tells her about his substance abuse problem and Siobhán.
(c) He tells her about being a gym teacher at Saint Carmichael's.
(d) He makes up lies based on other people's lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maryanne's failed solo record about?

2. At the AA meeting, what does the man say he was doing when he lost his fingers?

3. What does Eli tell the barman when they are outside having a cigarette?

4. How long has Doran been drinking in the bar by the time Eli shows up?

5. What does Arm take from Fannigan's house?

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