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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis imagine when Rosskam stops his wagon in Chapter 4?
(a) His son slipping out of his hands.
(b) The face of Harold Allen as he was hit with the rock Francis threw.
(c) His wife living her days without him, not telling anyone what happened to Gerald.
(d) His parents moving into the house and raising him.

2. Where does Francis ask Rosskam to stop his wagon?
(a) At Annie’s house.
(b) At the house where he was born and raised.
(c) At Finny’s car.
(d) At the Mission.

3. What does the narrator say about the brotherhood that joins Francis and Rudy?
(a) It has never existed.
(b) It has been passed down since the beginning of time.
(c) They are the founding members.
(d) It comes into being whenever Francis and Rudy drink together.

4. What did Fiddler Quain do with Francis in 1901?
(a) Work at a shop.
(b) Play baseball.
(c) Participate in the trolley strike.
(d) Ride the rails.

5. Who is remembered on All Saints Day?
(a) Babies who died before they were christened.
(b) People who have died.
(c) Martyrs who died for the church.
(d) All the people who are named for saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Katrina characterize her relationship with Catholicism?

2. How did Skippy Maguire ruin his hand?

3. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?

4. What image does Katrina’s poet have of her?

5. What does the narrator say the clouds resemble, when Francis is standing in the junkyard doorway?

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