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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?
(a) On a chamber pot.
(b) In the bath.
(c) In bed.
(d) On the floor.

2. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?
(a) To get money for a place to stay.
(b) To get Helen out of jail.
(c) To make money to pay a lawyer.
(d) To redeem his suitcase at a hotel.

3. What metaphor does Francis use to describe himself as a ball player?
(a) Dog.
(b) Train.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Car.

4. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?
(a) All Saints’ Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Day of the Dead.
(d) All Souls’ Day.

5. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?
(a) The Purgatorio.
(b) The Paradiso.
(c) The Vita Nuova.
(d) The Inferno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?

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

3. What does Helen lose on her way back to the Mission?

4. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?

5. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?

(see the answer key)

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