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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Francis’ response to Katrina’s scar?
(a) He is fascinated by it.
(b) He loathes it.
(c) He is blind to it.
(d) He accepts it.

2. What turns Francis and Rosskam back in their rounds?
(a) A fire.
(b) A strike.
(c) An accident.
(d) A parade.

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

4. What did Francis’ mother announce at Thanksgiving dinner after Francis was married?
(a) That Francis was not welcome in the house till he had a son.
(b) That Francis was welcome in the house, but his wife was not.
(c) That Francis was abandoning her and the family for a trollop.
(d) That Francis and his bride were not welcome in the family house.

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

6. How does the narrator characterize Rosskam?
(a) Filthy and broad-chested.
(b) Pudgy and short.
(c) Tall and young.
(d) Severe and impatient.

7. Whose letter is the only letter Francis has saved?
(a) Annie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Billy.

8. What does Rosskam invite Francis to watch?
(a) An effective negotiating strategy.
(b) A sex act.
(c) A woman undressing.
(d) A feat of strength.

9. What trait does Helen say her mother and Francis’ mother have in common?
(a) They both kept them at home too long.
(b) They both despised them.
(c) They both lied to them all the time.
(d) They both educated them.

10. How much does Francis take in pay from Rosskam?
(a) $7.75.
(b) $3.75.
(c) $5.25.
(d) $5.75.

11. Why had Helen turned down a sandwich at Jack and Clara’s?
(a) She was ashamed of herself.
(b) She cannot eat because of her tumor.
(c) She was too proud to take food from them.
(d) She knew that Jack and Clara could barely afford food themselves.

12. 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.

13. How does the narrator characterize Helen after her relationship with Arthur ended?
(a) A woman without a home.
(b) A bird migrating to nowhere.
(c) A wasted legacy.
(d) A windblown weed.

14. Whose kidnapping did Francis’ son Billy get mixed up in?
(a) Rosskam’s baby.
(b) The son of Albany’s political boss.
(c) The daughter of a State Senator.
(d) The Lindbergh baby.

15. How did Helen’s father die?
(a) Train wreck.
(b) Illness.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) Jumped off a bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What desire does Francis say he feels when Rosskam tells him about the women he makes love to during his rounds?

2. What reason does Helen give, for abdicating from life?

3. What is William Kennedy using when he says that Helen’s money is the last twelve dollars of her life?

4. What momentous event took place at Kibbee’s lumberyard?

5. In Chapter 6, how does the narrator characterize Francis’ emotions when he arrives at Annie’s house?

(see the answer keys)

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