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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fiddler Quain tell Francis he’ll have to forgive?
(a) Harold Allen.
(b) Himself.
(c) His traitorous hands.
(d) His baby for falling.

2. What pitch does Francis teach Daniel to throw?
(a) An inshoot.
(b) An outshoot.
(c) A curveball.
(d) A knuckleball.

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

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

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

6. 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 didn’t want him to stay away from the house.
(d) She already knew how sorry he was.

7. How did Katrina die?
(a) In a fire.
(b) Cancer.
(c) An accident.
(d) Childbirth.

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

9. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?
(a) Whether he knows how she got it.
(b) Whether he can make it go away.
(c) Whether he will kiss it.
(d) Whether he likes it.

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

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

12. Who is remembered on All Saints Day?
(a) Babies who died before they were christened.
(b) People who have died.
(c) Martyrs who died for the church.
(d) All the people who are named for saints.

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

14. What does Francis ask a woman in the street in Chapter 6?
(a) Where he can get a jug.
(b) Where his house used to be.
(c) Where he is.
(d) Where he can get a turkey.

15. What does Francis say he wants from his visit to Annie in Chapter 6?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) A fresh start.
(c) Just money and wine.
(d) Just to see everyone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Helen find out that her mother had betrayed her?

4. How does Katrina characterize her life?

5. What does Francis imagine when Rosskam stops his wagon in Chapter 4?

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