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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the brotherhood that joins Francis and Rudy?
(a) They are the founding members.
(b) It comes into being whenever Francis and Rudy drink together.
(c) It has never existed.
(d) It has been passed down since the beginning of time.

2. How did Aldo Campione die?
(a) Shot in the back.
(b) His neck was broken in a fight.
(c) He died of exposure.
(d) Fell from a train.

3. What did Francis’ mother announce at Thanksgiving dinner after Francis was married?
(a) That Francis was abandoning her and the family for a trollop.
(b) That Francis was welcome in the house, but his wife was not.
(c) That Francis was not welcome in the house till he had a son.
(d) That Francis and his bride were not welcome in the family house.

4. Why does Francis say he never committed suicide?
(a) He was deathly afraid of being alone forever in the cemetery.
(b) He was too busy trying to figure out how to live.
(c) He knew that no one would say prayers for him in death.
(d) He was always afraid of hell.

5. What is Francis’ tone when he talks with Moose?
(a) Expectant.
(b) Conciliatory.
(c) Acerbic.
(d) Truculent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?

3. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?

4. How does the narrator characterize Helen’s body in death?

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

(see the answer key)

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