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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) Birds chirping in the trees.
(c) The winds in the grass.
(d) Tears dropping on his shoes.

2. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?
(a) Among the illustrious dead.
(b) In the unmarked graves.
(c) In the earth and sky themselves.
(d) Among the flowing masses.

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

4. What does Francis say to Rudy when Rudy says that he ain’t dead yet?
(a) That’s what you think.
(b) It’s just a matter of time.
(c) You ain’t alive, either.
(d) You will be. You will be.

5. What is Francis Phelan’s father’s reaction to Francis’ arrival?
(a) He is tormented with impatience.
(b) He is heartbroken with forgiveness.
(c) He is pleased to see his son.
(d) He is disturbed by unfinished business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

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

3. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?

4. What does Francis say he would like to do to his mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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