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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Francis Phelan’s batting average in 1916?
(a) .314.
(b) .256.
(c) .387.
(d) .405.

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

3. What had Dick Doolan’s job been, when he worked in the Tenderloin?
(a) Bouncer.
(b) Cop.
(c) Gangster.
(d) Pickpocket.

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

5. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?
(a) Brotherhood of bums.
(b) Brotherhood of the optimists.
(c) Brotherhood of the ghosts.
(d) Brotherhood of the desolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Francis characterize his reaction to the death of Dick Doolan?

2. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?

3. How does the narrator characterize Francis’ mother’s reaction to his arrival in the cemetery?

4. Where did Francis go after the first time he killed a man?

5. How does Francis characterize himself and Rudy?

(see the answer key)

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