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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement of Francis’ does Helen say is prophetic?
(a) That he never knew how to take care of anyone.
(b) That he knows how to really live.
(c) That he never amounted to nothing.
(d) That he’s always been a wanderer.

2. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?
(a) He says that his life itself is guilt, now.
(b) He says that nothing he says means anything.
(c) He says that he can’t bring himself to apologize.
(d) He says that the only apology would be to kill himself.

3. How did Katrina die?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Cancer.
(c) In a fire.
(d) An accident.

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

5. What image does Katrina’s poet have of her?
(a) A serpent with long hair.
(b) A caged woman eating a rabbit.
(c) A bird being chased by a hawk.
(d) A crow flying away from a poisoned squirrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Francis’ job when he was living with Helen?

2. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?

3. What literary term describes the jump back to an earlier time at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?

5. What momentous event took place at Kibbee’s lumberyard?

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