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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which street does Francis say he used to own?
(a) Washington Avenue.
(b) State Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Pearl Street.

2. What knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?
(a) The rights of homeless men.
(b) The manners of wanderers.
(c) The etiquette of bums.
(d) The chivalry of drink.

3. How long have Francis and Helen known each other?
(a) Six years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Twenty-two years.

4. How does Francis characterize his reaction to the death of Dick Doolan?
(a) He was compelled to flee.
(b) He was determined to justify the death.
(c) He was driven to confess.
(d) He was intent on praying for redemption.

5. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?
(a) Brotherhood of the ghosts.
(b) Brotherhood of the desolate.
(c) Brotherhood of the optimists.
(d) Brotherhood of bums.

6. How does Francis characterize Sandra’s life?
(a) It was squandered.
(b) It was redeemed as she died.
(c) It wasn’t human any more.
(d) It had become angelic.

7. Who does Francis see enter the bathroom with him in Chapter 3?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Dick Doolan.
(c) Jack.
(d) Helen.

8. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?
(a) He says that she’s the best woman he’s ever known.
(b) He says that she never gives him any peace with her nagging.
(c) He says that he can never tell where she is.
(d) He says that he can’t wait to be finished with her.

9. How did Francis kill Dick Doolan?
(a) Stabbed him with a fork.
(b) Smashed his skull against a bridge abutment.
(c) Broke his head with a stone.
(d) Suffocated him in a stream.

10. Where does Rudy say Sandra came from?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) California.
(d) Alaska.

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

12. Where did Francis tell the intern in Indiana his fingertip was?
(a) In a river.
(b) In the weeds.
(c) On a train.
(d) Buried.

13. What does Francis say about anything that “draws blood or breaks heads”?
(a) He has seen it in action.
(b) He has held it in his hand.
(c) He knows how it tastes.
(d) He regrets learning about it.

14. What was Francis Phelan’s batting average in 1916?
(a) .314.
(b) .405.
(c) .387.
(d) .256.

15. What does Helen say she was doing while Sandra was dying?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Praying.
(c) Enjoying herself.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Aldo Campione die?

3. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?

4. What does Francis get for Sandra?

5. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

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