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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?
(a) He says that nothing he says means anything.
(b) He says that he can’t bring himself to apologize.
(c) He says that his life itself is guilt, now.
(d) He says that the only apology would be to kill himself.

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

3. What explanation does Annie give Francis, for why she never said anything about him dropping Gerald?
(a) There was no use talking about it.
(b) She thought he would come back and atone for it himself.
(c) She already knew how sorry he was.
(d) She didn’t want him to stay away from the house.

4. 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.

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

6. What dread does Francis say he associates with sex?
(a) Disease.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Love.

7. Who does Francis recognize in King Brady’s saloon?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Himself.
(c) Men he used to know.
(d) Annie.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What quality does the narrator says that Helen’s silk kimono has?
(a) Shoddiness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Elegance.
(d) Translucency.

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

15. What does Francis say he connects scars to?
(a) Get his job back.
(b) Kill a man.
(c) Get justice.
(d) Raise a ruckus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the effect of Francis handling things from his previous life?

2. Whose kidnapping did Francis’ son Billy get mixed up in?

3. How did Skippy Maguire ruin his hand?

4. What did Fiddler Quain do with Francis in 1901?

5. How long did Francis and Annie court before they married?

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