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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What had Dick Doolan’s job been, when he worked in the Tenderloin?
(a) Cop.
(b) Pickpocket.
(c) Gangster.
(d) Bouncer.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?
(a) To make money to pay a lawyer.
(b) To get Helen out of jail.
(c) To redeem his suitcase at a hotel.
(d) To get money for a place to stay.

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

12. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1938.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Francis say to Rudy when Rudy says that he ain’t dead yet?

3. What is the price Helen pays for sleeping where she does after leaving Clara's house?

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

5. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?

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