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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?
(a) Among the illustrious dead.
(b) In the unmarked graves.
(c) Among the flowing masses.
(d) In the earth and sky themselves.

2. What does the narrator say was Francis’ relationship with prayer?
(a) He never knew what to pray for.
(b) He always resisted speaking to imaginary people.
(c) He prayed for forgiveness for his sins.
(d) He prayed religiously for his health and others’.

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

4. What makes it possible for Francis and Rudy to eat at the Mission?
(a) They made reservations.
(b) They are sober.
(c) They are homeless.
(d) They have money.

5. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) His beautiful homeland.
(b) A sea so cruel.
(c) His darling children.
(d) His fair wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Francis characterize Clara?

2. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

3. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?

4. Where did Francis tell the intern in Indiana his fingertip was?

5. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

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