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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis say to Rudy when Rudy says that he ain’t dead yet?
(a) It’s just a matter of time.
(b) You ain’t alive, either.
(c) You will be. You will be.
(d) That’s what you think.

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

3. How does Helen characterize her relationship with Francis?
(a) He owns her.
(b) She helps him make all his decisions.
(c) She is subservient to him.
(d) He owes everything to her.

4. How did Helen’s mother use the money that should have been for Helen?
(a) Travel.
(b) She spent it on clothes.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Her brother’s education.

5. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Francis protect Katrina Daugherty from?

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

4. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?

5. What is the price Helen pays for sleeping where she does after leaving Clara's house?

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