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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis say about anything that “draws blood or breaks heads”?
(a) He has held it in his hand.
(b) He regrets learning about it.
(c) He knows how it tastes.
(d) He has seen it in action.

2. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?
(a) A first-rate heller.
(b) A slippery eel.
(c) A force to be reckoned with.
(d) A sack of potatoes.

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 he can’t wait to be finished with her.
(d) He says that she never gives him any peace with her nagging.

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

5. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?
(a) Stop trying to die.
(b) Die in peace.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Make new babies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?

3. What does the narrator say about the brotherhood that joins Francis and Rudy?

4. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?

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

(see the answer key)

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