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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What metaphor does Francis use to describe himself as a ball player?
(a) Car.
(b) Train.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Dog.

3. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?
(a) He says that he can’t wait to be finished with her.
(b) He says that she’s the best woman he’s ever known.
(c) He says that she never gives him any peace with her nagging.
(d) He says that he can never tell where she is.

4. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?
(a) Brotherhood of the ghosts.
(b) Brotherhood of bums.
(c) Brotherhood of the optimists.
(d) Brotherhood of the desolate.

5. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?
(a) All Souls’ Day.
(b) Day of the Dead.
(c) All Saints’ Day.
(d) Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?

2. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

3. How does the narrator characterize Francis’ mother’s reaction to his arrival in the cemetery?

4. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?

5. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?

(see the answer key)

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