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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 the narrator characterize Rosskam?
(a) Filthy and broad-chested.
(b) Severe and impatient.
(c) Tall and young.
(d) Pudgy and short.

2. What does Francis say his mother tried to do to the neighbors’ property?
(a) Break their windows.
(b) Poison their dog.
(c) Kill their tree.
(d) Wall out their noise.

3. Why does Helen tell Finny not to touch her chest?
(a) Her scar is still healing from a recent operation.
(b) She is saving herself for Francis.
(c) She is in pain from her tumor.
(d) She has money in her brassiere.

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

5. Who does Fiddler Quain tell Francis he’ll have to forgive?
(a) Himself.
(b) His baby for falling.
(c) Harold Allen.
(d) His traitorous hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Francis ask Rosskam to stop his wagon?

2. For whom does Helen light a candle when she goes to church?

3. What momentous event took place at Kibbee’s lumberyard?

4. How does Francis characterize his ability to atone for the past?

5. In Chapter 5, why is Helen angry at Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Francis to get down from Rosskam’s wagon and quit for the day?

2. Why is Helen angry with Francis, when she thinks about him in the hotel?

3. What was Francis’ mother’s relationship with Katrina Daugherty like?

4. What does Rosskam tell Francis about his sex life?

5. Explain the meaning of the attention Rosskam draws to Francis’ hands.

6. What peace does Francis establish with the ghosts who have been following him?

7. What does Francis buy from Rosskam, and what is its significance?

8. Describe Rosskam and his environment.

9. How does Francis describe having met Helen when he was younger?

10. Describe Helen’s relationship with Arthur.

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