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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physically connects Francis to the memory of his son’s death?
(a) The sensation of his own awed astonishment at what happened.
(b) Tears dropping on his shoes.
(c) Birds chirping in the trees.
(d) The winds in the grass.

2. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?
(a) Something momentous happening.
(b) Francis going slightly insane.
(c) The truck starting up, to take them back to the city.
(d) The weather turning colder.

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

4. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

5. How does Francis say he behaves when he is drunk?
(a) He gets sick.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He gets sentimental.
(d) He gets violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the real basis of the kinship the young Phelan brothers feel with Francis?

2. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?

3. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?

4. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

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

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