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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 the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?
(a) Torment.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Abdication.
(d) Sublimity.

2. What physically connects Francis to the memory of his son’s death?
(a) The winds in the grass.
(b) The sensation of his own awed astonishment at what happened.
(c) Tears dropping on his shoes.
(d) Birds chirping in the trees.

3. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

4. What does Helen lose on her way back to the Mission?
(a) Her purse.
(b) Her coat.
(c) Her show.
(d) Her keys.

5. How did Francis kill Dick Doolan?
(a) Stabbed him with a fork.
(b) Smashed his skull against a bridge abutment.
(c) Suffocated him in a stream.
(d) Broke his head with a stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Francis see enter the bathroom with him in Chapter 3?

2. What food does Katrina serve to Francis?

3. What is Francis’ response to Katrina’s scar?

4. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

5. What was Francis Phelan’s batting average in 1916?

(see the answer key)

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