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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?
(a) To redeem his suitcase at a hotel.
(b) To make money to pay a lawyer.
(c) To get Helen out of jail.
(d) To get money for a place to stay.

2. How does the narrator say Daddy Big Dugan died?
(a) Inhaling his vomit.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Jumped off a bridge.
(d) Old age.

3. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?
(a) He wishes he could go back there.
(b) He wants to know what it’s like inside now.
(c) He wants to burn it down.
(d) He doesn’t care if it falls down.

4. 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.

5. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?
(a) Gave him money.
(b) Gave him a place to dry out.
(c) Got him work.
(d) Kept him from choking when he was sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes it possible for Francis and Rudy to eat at the Mission?

2. What does Francis get for Sandra?

3. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

4. What is Francis Phelan’s father’s reaction to Francis’ arrival?

5. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?

(see the answer key)

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