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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say was Francis’ relationship with prayer?
(a) He prayed for forgiveness for his sins.
(b) He always resisted speaking to imaginary people.
(c) He prayed religiously for his health and others’.
(d) He never knew what to pray for.

2. What does Francis say to Rudy when Rudy says that he ain’t dead yet?
(a) That’s what you think.
(b) You ain’t alive, either.
(c) You will be. You will be.
(d) It’s just a matter of time.

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

4. Where does Helen sleep?
(a) Finny’s car.
(b) Jack's.
(c) The Mission.
(d) A flop.

5. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?
(a) Donovan.
(b) Harold Allen.
(c) Martin Daugherty.
(d) Iron Joe Farrell.

6. What does Helen say will happen to Francis if he leaves her on the street?
(a) He will be lost.
(b) She will die.
(c) He will forget her.
(d) He will freeze.

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

8. What does the narrator say is the real basis of the kinship the young Phelan brothers feel with Francis?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Family.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Ireland.

9. How does the narrator characterize Francis’ mother’s reaction to his arrival in the cemetery?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Furious.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Relieved.

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

11. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?
(a) Make new babies.
(b) Stop trying to die.
(c) Die in peace.
(d) Kill himself.

12. What is Francis guilty about, when he talks to Gerald?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Dropping the baby.
(c) Taking lovers.
(d) Abandoning his family.

13. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?
(a) Got him work.
(b) Gave him a place to dry out.
(c) Gave him money.
(d) Kept him from choking when he was sick.

14. How does Francis characterize himself and Rudy?
(a) Holy.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Fools.
(d) Lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

2. What does Francis say is ‘standard survival currency everywhere’?

3. What does Rudy tell Francis the doctor diagnosed him with?

4. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

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

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