Ironweed Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

William Kennedy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ironweed Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

William Kennedy
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?
(a) Brotherhood of the optimists.
(b) Brotherhood of the ghosts.
(c) Brotherhood of bums.
(d) Brotherhood of the desolate.

2. What role had Dick Doolan played in Francis’ life?
(a) He was killed when Francis hit him with a stone.
(b) He tried to cut off Francis’ feet.
(c) He played baseball with Francis.
(d) He was the one who took Francis in when Francis was running from the law.

3. Where does Helen sleep?
(a) A flop.
(b) The Mission.
(c) Finny’s car.
(d) Jack's.

4. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?
(a) A slippery eel.
(b) A sack of potatoes.
(c) A force to be reckoned with.
(d) A first-rate heller.

5. How does Francis characterize Sandra’s life?
(a) It wasn’t human any more.
(b) It was redeemed as she died.
(c) It was squandered.
(d) It had become angelic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

2. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?

3. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?

4. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?

5. What had Dick Doolan’s job been, when he worked in the Tenderloin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Francis’ relationship with his mother.

2. What is the importance of Halloween in the book’s setting?

3. Describe the relationship between Francis and Rudy.

4. When Helen says that she won’t go back to Finny’s car, she says that she might call her people. What is the irony in this?

5. How did Francis’ father die?

6. What state is Sandra in when Francis, Helen and Rudy and Pee Wee return from the Gilded Cage?

7. What misfortune besets Helen after she returns to the Mission with Francis and Rudy?

8. Describe the brotherhood Francis and Rudy share.

9. What does Francis say is the curve of Clara’s life?

10. What expression does Francis use when something is finally and absolutely concluded?

(see the answer keys)

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