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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudy say his religion is?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Non-believer.
(d) Pagan.

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

3. What does Francis say is ‘standard survival currency everywhere’?
(a) Violence.
(b) Fornication.
(c) Buddies.
(d) Money.

4. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?
(a) She will die.
(b) She will get sick.
(c) She’ll be arrested.
(d) The dogs will eat her.

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

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

7. Where does Francis sleep after he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) A barn.
(b) The Mission.
(c) The weeds.
(d) Finney's car.

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

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

10. What makes it possible for Francis and Rudy to eat at the Mission?
(a) They made reservations.
(b) They have money.
(c) They are homeless.
(d) They are sober.

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

12. The narrator says that Francis was “staunchly resolute” in the face of what?
(a) A knife attack.
(b) Capricious and adverse fate.
(c) The need to quit drinking.
(d) Suffering.

13. What is the essence of Francis’ response when Rudy asks where they are going?
(a) They are going into hiding.
(b) They are bums, and don’t have anywhere to go.
(c) They are performing an important and mysterious errand.
(d) They are believers, and fate will take them where it wants.

14. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) To drink.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To make love to Helen.
(d) To run.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?

2. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?

3. What does Francis get for Sandra?

4. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?

5. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

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