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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Francis characterize Clara?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Sick.
(c) A good bum.
(d) Crazy.

2. Where does Francis sleep after he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) The Mission.
(b) The weeds.
(c) A barn.
(d) Finney's car.

3. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?
(a) Francis going slightly insane.
(b) The weather turning colder.
(c) Something momentous happening.
(d) The truck starting up, to take them back to the city.

4. What does Francis say is ‘standard survival currency everywhere’?
(a) Money.
(b) Violence.
(c) Fornication.
(d) Buddies.

5. What does Francis borrow of Jack’s?
(a) Pen.
(b) Journal.
(c) Razor.
(d) Toothbrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Francis and the others do with Sandra?

2. Where does Helen sleep after she and Francis leave Jack and Clara’s?

3. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

4. What does Francis get for Sandra?

5. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francis’ conversation with Rudy tell us about his relationship with Helen?

2. Describe the environment of the Gilded Cage.

3. Describe Francis and Helen’s visit to Jack and Clara’s flat.

4. What expression does Francis use when something is finally and absolutely concluded?

5. What is Reverend Chester’s policy about drunks, and what effect does it have?

6. Describe the presence of the dead in Francis’ present day experience, after shoveling dirt at the cemetery.

7. How does the narrator describe Gerald’s body in the grave?

8. How did Francis end up killing Harold Allen?

9. What is Rowdy Dick Doolan’s role in Francis’ story?

10. What price does Helen pay for sleeping in Finny’s car?

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