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

2. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1938.

3. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?
(a) The weather turning colder.
(b) Francis going slightly insane.
(c) Something momentous happening.
(d) The truck starting up, to take them back to the city.

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

5. What accusation does the ghost of the first man Francis killed accuse Francis of?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Murdering his baby.
(d) Selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Francis Phelan’s batting average in 1916?

2. Where does Helen sleep after she and Francis leave Jack and Clara’s?

3. Where does Helen sleep?

4. How did Francis kill Dick Doolan?

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

(see the answer key)

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