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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 is Sandra’s last name?
(a) Sandra Get-me-another.
(b) Sandra There-ain’t-no-more.
(c) Sandra Eskimo.
(d) Sandra Easy.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What does Rudy tell Francis the doctor diagnosed him with?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Heart trouble.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Cancer.

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

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

8. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?
(a) On a chamber pot.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the bath.
(d) In bed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What metaphor does Francis use to describe himself as a ball player?
(a) Dog.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?

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

3. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?

4. What knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?

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

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