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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 are the dead folks building in Annie’s back yard, when Francis visits?
(a) A shed.
(b) A mausoleum.
(c) A grave.
(d) Bleachers.

2. What does Francis imagine when Rosskam stops his wagon in Chapter 4?
(a) His son slipping out of his hands.
(b) His parents moving into the house and raising him.
(c) His wife living her days without him, not telling anyone what happened to Gerald.
(d) The face of Harold Allen as he was hit with the rock Francis threw.

3. How did Helen’s father die?
(a) Jumped off a bridge.
(b) Train wreck.
(c) Illness.
(d) He was murdered.

4. For whom does Helen light a candle when she goes to church?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her child.
(c) Herself.
(d) Francis.

5. What does Francis protect Katrina Daugherty from?
(a) Scandal.
(b) Robbers.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helen characterize her relationship with Francis?

2. How does Rosskam demonstrate his strength?

3. How does Helen prefer to think of her sins?

4. Who does Fiddler Quain tell Francis he’ll have to forgive?

5. How does Katrina characterize her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the vision Francis sees at Colonie Street.

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

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

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

5. How does the narrative change in Chapter 5?

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

7. Describe Rosskam and his environment.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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