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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Billy in trouble with the politicians?
(a) They thought he was stealing from them.
(b) They thought that he was getting his father to vote against them twenty times.
(c) They thought he was in cahoots with kidnappers.
(d) They thought he was rigging the card games he ran.

2. How did Helen find out that her mother had betrayed her?
(a) She found her father’s will.
(b) Her father told her in a dream.
(c) Her brother told her.
(d) Her aunt told her.

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

4. How long did Francis and Annie court before they married?
(a) A month and a half.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two years.

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

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

7. Where did Helen meet Arthur?
(a) A symphony performance.
(b) On the street.
(c) Arthur’s piano store.
(d) Through a friend.

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

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

10. What reason does Helen give, for abdicating from life?
(a) For love.
(b) For exhaustion.
(c) For illness.
(d) For lack of curiosity.

11. How does Francis characterize his mother?
(a) She had been dead all her life.
(b) She was always being killed.
(c) She only came to life when she was married.
(d) She died when she had sex.

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

14. In Chapter 6, how does the narrator characterize Francis’ emotions when he arrives at Annie’s house?
(a) Self-satisfied.
(b) Bashful.
(c) Proud.
(d) Delighted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What revenge did Helen get on her mother?

2. How did Helen’s mother use the money that should have been for Helen?

3. What does Francis say he wants from his visit to Annie in Chapter 6?

4. How did Helen’s father die?

5. What year was Francis born in?

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