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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?
(a) On a chamber pot.
(b) In bed.
(c) In the bath.
(d) On the floor.

2. How does the narrator characterize Helen’s body in death?
(a) She is not crooked.
(b) She is ruined.
(c) She looks broken.
(d) She is all tangled up.

3. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?
(a) He says that he can’t bring himself to apologize.
(b) He says that the only apology would be to kill himself.
(c) He says that his life itself is guilt, now.
(d) He says that nothing he says means anything.

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

5. What does Katrina tell Francis her poet sees?
(a) Things she has not shown to anyone else, even her husband.
(b) Things she thought existed when in fact they did not.
(c) Things she learned to see about herself.
(d) Things men should not see in women.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Aldo Campione die?

4. Which street does Francis say he used to own?

5. What does Francis ask a woman in the street in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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