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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator characterize Francis’ mother’s reaction to his arrival in the cemetery?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Furious.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Relieved.

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. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?

2. What does Francis say to Rudy when Rudy says that he ain’t dead yet?

3. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

4. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?

5. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?

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