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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis imagine when Rosskam stops his wagon in Chapter 4?
(a) The face of Harold Allen as he was hit with the rock Francis threw.
(b) His parents moving into the house and raising him.
(c) His son slipping out of his hands.
(d) His wife living her days without him, not telling anyone what happened to Gerald.

2. What revenge did Helen get on her mother?
(a) She ruined herself out of spite.
(b) She took her case to the police, and made her brother give her money.
(c) She poisoned her.
(d) She moved away, and let her brother put their mother in a home.

3. What does Francis protect Katrina Daugherty from?
(a) Scandal.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) Robbers.
(d) His mother.

4. How did Francis become close to Katrina Daugherty?
(a) He painted her house, and did odd jobs.
(b) He pushed her out of the way of a trolley.
(c) He prevented her from going out of her house naked.
(d) He worked for her for years, admiring her from a distance.

5. What is William Kennedy using when he says that Helen’s money is the last twelve dollars of her life?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

6. What does Francis say his mother tried to do to the neighbors’ property?
(a) Kill their tree.
(b) Wall out their noise.
(c) Break their windows.
(d) Poison their dog.

7. What does Helen say she is a symbol of?
(a) She says that she is a symbol of the road-not-taken.
(b) She says that she is a symbol of the life Francis wanted for himself.
(c) She says that she is not a symbol of anything.
(d) She says that she is a symbol of the potential in the human heart.

8. What was the outcome of Helen’s one pregnancy?
(a) A stillborn baby.
(b) Miscarriage.
(c) A boy who died young.
(d) A girl who was taken from her.

9. What does the narrator say the clouds resemble, when Francis is standing in the junkyard doorway?
(a) Flying dirty socks.
(b) Snowmen.
(c) Mists from an alcoholic’s breath.
(d) Vicious dogs.

10. What does Katrina say will cure all Francis’ troubles?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Travel.
(d) Sex.

11. What food does Katrina serve to Francis?
(a) Gratiné.
(b) Crepes.
(c) Fois gras.
(d) Compote.

12. How does Katrina characterize her relationship with Catholicism?
(a) She is charmed by the practices, but abhors the faith.
(b) She does not believe, but she performs the rituals nonetheless.
(c) She believes but does not observe the rituals.
(d) She cherishes but does not embrace the faith.

13. What are the dead folks building in Annie’s back yard, when Francis visits?
(a) A shed.
(b) A grave.
(c) A mausoleum.
(d) Bleachers.

14. How does Helen characterize her relationship with Francis?
(a) He owes everything to her.
(b) He owns her.
(c) She helps him make all his decisions.
(d) She is subservient to him.

15. What image does Katrina’s poet have of her?
(a) A caged woman eating a rabbit.
(b) A bird being chased by a hawk.
(c) A crow flying away from a poisoned squirrel.
(d) A serpent with long hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosskam demonstrate his strength?

2. Where did Helen meet Arthur?

3. What does Francis say kept him sane?

4. What quality does the narrator says that Helen’s silk kimono has?

5. How much does Francis take in pay from Rosskam?

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