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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long have Francis and Helen known each other?
(a) Twenty-two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Six years.

3. What image does the narrator say Helen presents to the audience at the Gilded Cage?
(a) Age and wisdom.
(b) Womanly disaster.
(c) A life hard-lived.
(d) A monument to human endurance.

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

5. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?
(a) A glow.
(b) Birds.
(c) Blood.
(d) Weeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudy say is Sandra’s last name?

2. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?

3. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?

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

5. How does Francis characterize Sandra’s life?

(see the answer key)

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