Young Skins Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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Young Skins Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Colin Barrett
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Martina stay in Holland?

2. What evidence does Jimmy provide that Tug has a psychiatric disorder?

3. Besides his head injury, what is the other cause of Bat's constant headaches?

4. What do Tain, Heg, and Bat do on their break?

5. What does the Irish expression "couldn't be arsed" mean (45)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Bat at Monroe's takeaway?

2. What are the two other names that Tug is known by, and how did he get them?

3. Who is "Father Time"?

4. What happens on the club's balcony, and what does it suggest about Val?

5. Who is the "Clancy kid," and what happened to him?

6. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

7. In what sense does Bat try to protect Tain's childhood?

8. Who is Nubbin Tansey, and what trouble does he cause at Quillinan's Pub?

9. What in Tug's interaction with the children at the bridge demonstrates the softer side of his nature?

10. What is the rhetorical purpose of Heg's character being a college student?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loyalty to and support of family is an important cultural value in rural Ireland. But in Young Skins, not all "family" is biological. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the "found families" and the "biological families" in the anthology and makes a claim about the thematic significance of the similarities and differences between them. Use evidence from throughout the anthology to defend your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following statement: "Young Skins identifies college as a gatekeeping institution that undermines the Irish value of egalitarianism." Use textual evidence from at least two stories in the anthology to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Why are there so few functional romantic relationships in Young Skins? Is this a comment on the environment of Glanbeigh, a comment on Irish culture, or a comment on life in general? Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the anthology's dearth of rewarding romantic relationships. Use textual evidence from throughout the anthology in defense of your ideas.

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