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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen say she is a symbol of?
(a) She says that she is a symbol of the life Francis wanted for himself.
(b) She says that she is a symbol of the potential in the human heart.
(c) She says that she is not a symbol of anything.
(d) She says that she is a symbol of the road-not-taken.

2. How does Katrina characterize her life?
(a) Death in life.
(b) A sacrament.
(c) A prison.
(d) A labor of love.

3. Where does Francis sleep after he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) A barn.
(b) The weeds.
(c) Finney's car.
(d) The Mission.

4. What does the narrator say is the real basis of the kinship the young Phelan brothers feel with Francis?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Francis kill Dick Doolan?

2. How does Helen prefer to think of her sins?

3. What does the narrator say is in short supply on Halloween night?

4. How does Francis characterize his mother?

5. How do Francis and Rudy characterize themselves?

(see the answer key)

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