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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Skippy Maguire ruin his hand?
(a) By punching a window.
(b) By grabbing hot coals in the fire.
(c) By barehanding a line drive.
(d) By playing when it was injured.

2. Where does Francis ask Rosskam to stop his wagon?
(a) At Annie’s house.
(b) At Finny’s car.
(c) At the house where he was born and raised.
(d) At the Mission.

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

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

5. How does Helen prefer to think of her sins?
(a) As decisions.
(b) As fate.
(c) As events.
(d) As slips.

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

7. What statement of Francis’ does Helen say is prophetic?
(a) That he never knew how to take care of anyone.
(b) That he never amounted to nothing.
(c) That he knows how to really live.
(d) That he’s always been a wanderer.

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

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

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

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

12. How does the narrator characterize the effect of Francis handling things from his previous life?
(a) Uncanny.
(b) Delightful.
(c) Redemptive.
(d) Disturbing.

13. For whom does Helen light a candle when she goes to church?
(a) Her child.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Herself.
(d) Francis.

14. What does Francis say was his mother’s attitude toward sex?
(a) Sensuality.
(b) Respect.
(c) Abhorrence.
(d) Longing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Katrina’s poet have of her?

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

3. What is Francis’ response to Katrina’s scar?

4. What does Francis say he connects scars to?

5. What does Francis tell Harold Allen he wanted to do, at the strike?

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