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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Katrina’s poet have of her?
(a) A caged woman eating a rabbit.
(b) A crow flying away from a poisoned squirrel.
(c) A bird being chased by a hawk.
(d) A serpent with long hair.

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

3. 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 and his bride were not welcome in the family house.
(d) That Francis was abandoning her and the family for a trollop.

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 5, why is Helen angry at Francis?
(a) He cannot take care of himself.
(b) He is always abandoning her.
(c) He willfully cuckolds himself.
(d) He will never commit to her.

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

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

11. How does Helen characterize her relationship with Arthur?
(a) He squandered her wealth.
(b) He set her free.
(c) He introduced her to herself.
(d) He kept her prisoner.

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

13. 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.

14. What does Francis tell Harold Allen he wanted to do, at the strike?
(a) Get his job back.
(b) Get justice.
(c) Raise a ruckus.
(d) Kill a man.

15. What does Helen say she is a symbol of?
(a) She says that she is a symbol of the road-not-taken.
(b) She says that she is a symbol of the potential in the human heart.
(c) She says that she is a symbol of the life Francis wanted for himself.
(d) She says that she is not a symbol of anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Francis born in?

2. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?

3. Who does Fiddler Quain tell Francis he’ll have to forgive?

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

5. Where did Helen plan to go after Vassar?

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