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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accusation does the ghost of the first man Francis killed accuse Francis of?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Murdering his baby.

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

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

4. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?
(a) Greed.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Envy.
(d) Lust.

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

6. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?
(a) He wants to burn it down.
(b) He wishes he could go back there.
(c) He doesn’t care if it falls down.
(d) He wants to know what it’s like inside now.

7. 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 freeze.
(d) He will forget her.

8. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1897.

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

10. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?
(a) Francis going slightly insane.
(b) The weather turning colder.
(c) The truck starting up, to take them back to the city.
(d) Something momentous happening.

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

12. How does the narrator say Daddy Big Dugan died?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Jumped off a bridge.
(c) Inhaling his vomit.
(d) Old age.

13. What does Francis say he would like to do to his mother?
(a) Talk to her again.
(b) Strangle her bones.
(c) Ask her forgiveness.
(d) Confess himself to her.

14. Where does Francis say his mother probably is?
(a) Hell.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Limbo.

15. What does Francis get for Sandra?
(a) A coat.
(b) Soup.
(c) A place to sleep.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

2. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?

3. What had Dick Doolan’s job been, when he worked in the Tenderloin?

4. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?

5. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

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