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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 knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?
(a) The etiquette of bums.
(b) The chivalry of drink.
(c) The rights of homeless men.
(d) The manners of wanderers.

2. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?
(a) He insults Rudy genially.
(b) He retreats into enigmatic silence.
(c) He gets angry.
(d) He clowns around.

3. How does Francis characterize Helen in bed?
(a) A sack of potatoes.
(b) A slippery eel.
(c) A first-rate heller.
(d) A force to be reckoned with.

4. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1901.

5. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?
(a) On a chamber pot.
(b) In bed.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In the bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerald hope Francis will do after making this visit?

2. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?

3. What is Francis Phelan’s father’s reaction to Francis’ arrival?

4. What does Rudy say is Sandra’s last name?

5. What does Helen say she was doing while Sandra was dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Francis’ relationship with his mother.

2. Describe the relationship between Francis and Rudy.

3. How did Francis’ father die?

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

5. What does Jack say Francis could have if he got straight, and what is Francis’ response?

6. What effect is created by the author’s sophisticated vocabulary?

7. Where did Francis Phelan’s family lie in the pecking order of the cemetery?

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

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

10. What state is Sandra in when Francis, Helen and Rudy and Pee Wee return from the Gilded Cage?

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