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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Francis characterize Clara?
(a) A good bum.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Sick.

2. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) His fair wife.
(b) A sea so cruel.
(c) His beautiful homeland.
(d) His darling children.

3. What does Rudy tell Francis the doctor diagnosed him with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Heart trouble.

4. What does Francis say he would like to do to his mother?
(a) Confess himself to her.
(b) Ask her forgiveness.
(c) Talk to her again.
(d) Strangle her bones.

5. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?
(a) Blood.
(b) Weeds.
(c) A glow.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Katrina characterize her life?

3. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

4. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?

5. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?

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