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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Francis characterize his reaction to the death of Dick Doolan?
(a) He was driven to confess.
(b) He was intent on praying for redemption.
(c) He was compelled to flee.
(d) He was determined to justify the death.

9. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?
(a) They are as familiar as his father’s face.
(b) He used to know them well, but has forgotten.
(c) He himself built the trolley he and Rudy ride.
(d) He never rides them.

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

11. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?
(a) A sack of potatoes.
(b) A force to be reckoned with.
(c) A slippery eel.
(d) A first-rate heller.

12. What does Francis borrow of Jack’s?
(a) Journal.
(b) Pen.
(c) Toothbrush.
(d) Razor.

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

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

15. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?
(a) He says that she never gives him any peace with her nagging.
(b) He says that she’s the best woman he’s ever known.
(c) He says that he can never tell where she is.
(d) He says that he can’t wait to be finished with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helen sleep after she and Francis leave Jack and Clara’s?

2. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?

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

4. What is Francis guilty about, when he talks to Gerald?

5. Where does Francis say his mother probably is?

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