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

2. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?
(a) Blind eye.
(b) Mangled hand.
(c) Clubfoot.
(d) Facial scars.

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

4. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) To drink.
(b) To make love to Helen.
(c) To run.
(d) To sleep.

5. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Stop trying to die.
(c) Make new babies.
(d) Die in peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudy say his religion is?

2. What role had Dick Doolan played in Francis’ life?

3. Where did Francis go after the first time he killed a man?

4. Where did Francis tell the intern in Indiana his fingertip was?

5. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the importance of Halloween in the book’s setting?

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

5. When Helen says that she won’t go back to Finny’s car, she says that she might call her people. What is the irony in this?

6. How is Francis feeling at the beginning of the novel?

7. What kinship does Francis have with the Phelan brothers?

8. How did Francis come to see Aldo Campione die?

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

10. Describe Francis’ relationship with his mother.

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