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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Billy in trouble with the politicians?
(a) They thought he was stealing from them.
(b) They thought he was rigging the card games he ran.
(c) They thought he was in cahoots with kidnappers.
(d) They thought that he was getting his father to vote against them twenty times.

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

3. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?
(a) She will get sick.
(b) She will die.
(c) The dogs will eat her.
(d) She’ll be arrested.

4. What does Francis say his mother tried to do to the neighbors’ property?
(a) Break their windows.
(b) Kill their tree.
(c) Wall out their noise.
(d) Poison their dog.

5. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?
(a) He says that the only apology would be to kill himself.
(b) He says that he can’t bring himself to apologize.
(c) He says that nothing he says means anything.
(d) He says that his life itself is guilt, now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis get for Sandra?

2. What are the dead folks building in Annie’s back yard, when Francis visits?

3. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?

4. How did Katrina die?

5. How does Francis characterize his mother?

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