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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fiddler Quain tell Francis he’ll have to forgive?
(a) His baby for falling.
(b) Himself.
(c) His traitorous hands.
(d) Harold Allen.

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

3. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) His fair wife.
(b) His darling children.
(c) A sea so cruel.
(d) His beautiful homeland.

4. Where did Francis go after the first time he killed a man?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) Underground.

5. How does Francis characterize Clara?
(a) A good bum.
(b) Sick.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?

2. Where did Helen plan to go after Vassar?

3. What does Helen say will happen to Francis if he leaves her on the street?

4. What does Francis say was his mother’s attitude toward sex?

5. How did Edward Daugherty portray Francis’ role in the strike, when he wrote a play about it?

(see the answer key)

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