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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the essence of Francis’ response when Rudy asks where they are going?
(a) They are performing an important and mysterious errand.
(b) They are believers, and fate will take them where it wants.
(c) They are bums, and don’t have anywhere to go.
(d) They are going into hiding.

2. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) A sea so cruel.
(b) His beautiful homeland.
(c) His darling children.
(d) His fair wife.

3. How does Francis characterize himself and Rudy?
(a) Lost.
(b) Fools.
(c) Holy.
(d) Ghosts.

4. What does Rudy say is Sandra’s last name?
(a) Sandra Easy.
(b) Sandra Eskimo.
(c) Sandra Get-me-another.
(d) Sandra There-ain’t-no-more.

5. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?
(a) Sublimity.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Abdication.
(d) Torment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

3. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

4. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?

5. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

(see the answer key)

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