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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

3. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?
(a) Lust.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Envy.
(d) Greed.

4. How does the narrator say Daddy Big Dugan died?
(a) Jumped off a bridge.
(b) Inhaling his vomit.
(c) Stabbing.
(d) Old age.

5. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?
(a) A slippery eel.
(b) A force to be reckoned with.
(c) A first-rate heller.
(d) A sack of potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the clouds resemble, when Francis is standing in the junkyard doorway?

2. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?

3. Where does Francis sleep after he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?

4. What dread does Francis say he associates with sex?

5. The narrator says that even as Francis felt rich, he felt what other feeling?

(see the answer key)

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