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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Francis tell the intern in Indiana his fingertip was?
(a) On a train.
(b) In a river.
(c) Buried.
(d) In the weeds.

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

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

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

5. How do Francis and Rudy characterize themselves?
(a) Wanderers.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Bums.
(d) Vagrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?

2. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?

3. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?

4. What is Francis Phelan’s father’s reaction to Francis’ arrival?

5. What does Francis say about anything that “draws blood or breaks heads”?

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