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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?
(a) Facial scars.
(b) Blind eye.
(c) Mangled hand.
(d) Clubfoot.

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

3. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

4. What image does the narrator say Helen presents to the audience at the Gilded Cage?
(a) Womanly disaster.
(b) A monument to human endurance.
(c) Age and wisdom.
(d) A life hard-lived.

5. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?
(a) A glow.
(b) Birds.
(c) Blood.
(d) Weeds.

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

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

8. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?
(a) Struggle.
(b) Sublimity.
(c) Torment.
(d) Abdication.

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

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

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

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

13. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?
(a) A dive bar.
(b) A burlesque hall.
(c) A saloon.
(d) A fancy restaurant.

14. What does Helen lose on her way back to the Mission?
(a) Her show.
(b) Her keys.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say was Francis’ relationship with prayer?

2. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?

3. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?

4. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?

5. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

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