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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 Francis guilty about, when he talks to Gerald?
(a) Dropping the baby.
(b) Abandoning his family.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Taking lovers.

2. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?
(a) He insults Rudy genially.
(b) He clowns around.
(c) He retreats into enigmatic silence.
(d) He gets angry.

3. How do Francis and Rudy characterize themselves?
(a) Vagrants.
(b) Bums.
(c) Wanderers.
(d) Gypsies.

4. Where did Francis go after the first time he killed a man?
(a) North.
(b) Underground.
(c) West.
(d) South.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?

2. What does Rudy tell Francis the doctor diagnosed him with?

3. What physically connects Francis to the memory of his son’s death?

4. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?

5. What accusation does the ghost of the first man Francis killed accuse Francis of?

(see the answer key)

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