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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aldo Campione die?
(a) His neck was broken in a fight.
(b) He died of exposure.
(c) Shot in the back.
(d) Fell from a train.

2. What food does Katrina serve to Francis?
(a) Gratiné.
(b) Compote.
(c) Crepes.
(d) Fois gras.

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

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

5. What does the narrator say the clouds resemble, when Francis is standing in the junkyard doorway?
(a) Mists from an alcoholic’s breath.
(b) Flying dirty socks.
(c) Vicious dogs.
(d) Snowmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?

2. What role had Dick Doolan played in Francis’ life?

3. What does Rudy say his religion is?

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

5. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?

(see the answer key)

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