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

2. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?
(a) He himself built the trolley he and Rudy ride.
(b) They are as familiar as his father’s face.
(c) He never rides them.
(d) He used to know them well, but has forgotten.

3. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?
(a) Donovan.
(b) Martin Daugherty.
(c) Iron Joe Farrell.
(d) Harold Allen.

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

5. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?
(a) Mangled hand.
(b) Blind eye.
(c) Clubfoot.
(d) Facial scars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?

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

3. How did Aldo Campione die?

4. How does the narrator say Daddy Big Dugan died?

5. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

(see the answer key)

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