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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dead folks building in Annie’s back yard, when Francis visits?
(a) A mausoleum.
(b) A grave.
(c) A shed.
(d) Bleachers.

2. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?
(a) Gave him a place to dry out.
(b) Kept him from choking when he was sick.
(c) Gave him money.
(d) Got him work.

3. What does Francis get for Sandra?
(a) Soup.
(b) A coat.
(c) Wine.
(d) A place to sleep.

4. The narrator says that Francis was “staunchly resolute” in the face of what?
(a) A knife attack.
(b) The need to quit drinking.
(c) Capricious and adverse fate.
(d) Suffering.

5. How does Rosskam demonstrate his strength?
(a) By moving an anvil.
(b) By lifting a barrel of metal.
(c) By lifting his horse.
(d) By lifting his wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does the narrator say Helen presents to the audience at the Gilded Cage?

2. Where do Francis and Rudy get alcohol, according to Chapter 7?

3. What does Francis say his mother tried to do to the neighbors’ property?

4. Where does Rudy say Sandra came from?

5. What quality does the narrator says that Helen’s silk kimono has?

(see the answer key)

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