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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 kept him sane?
(a) The open country.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Flight.
(d) Baseball.

2. What momentous event took place at Kibbee’s lumberyard?
(a) Francis and Helen worked together.
(b) Francis slept with Helen for the first time.
(c) Francis and Annie kissed for the first time.
(d) Francis met Helen.

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 is Francis’ response to Katrina’s scar?
(a) He loathes it.
(b) He accepts it.
(c) He is blind to it.
(d) He is fascinated by it.

5. Whose letter is the only letter Francis has saved?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Billy.
(c) Helen.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Katrina characterize her life?

2. What does Francis ask a woman in the street in Chapter 6?

3. How does Helen characterize her relationship with Arthur?

4. What turns Francis and Rosskam back in their rounds?

5. What is Helen humming when she wakes up in the morning and starts to walk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Helen say that she and Francis could not marry?

3. How does Helen feel about her life, when she is summing it up as she dies?

4. Describe Annie’s greeting when Francis arrives at her house.

5. Who was Katrina Daugherty and what was her role in Francis’ life?

6. How do Francis’ kids react to seeing him?

7. What kind of peace does Francis make with Annie?

8. How does Francis characterize the difference between Annie’s kiss and Katrina’s?

9. What memories does Rosskam’s sex talk evoke for Francis?

10. What deal do Francis and Rosskam strike regarding Francis’ pay for the day?

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