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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 dread does Francis say he associates with sex?
(a) Disease.
(b) Love.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Responsibility.

2. What does Francis say kept him sane?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Flight.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) The open country.

3. Who is remembered on All Saints Day?
(a) All the people who are named for saints.
(b) Martyrs who died for the church.
(c) People who have died.
(d) Babies who died before they were christened.

4. What does Katrina ask Francis about her scar?
(a) Whether he knows how she got it.
(b) Whether he can make it go away.
(c) Whether he likes it.
(d) Whether he will kiss it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Francis born in?

2. How did Helen find out that her mother had betrayed her?

3. How long did Francis and Annie court before they married?

4. Why had Helen turned down a sandwich at Jack and Clara’s?

5. What trait does Helen say her mother and Francis’ mother have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Helen’s relationship with Arthur.

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

3. How does the narrative change in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Helen’s father’s death change her life?

10. Describe the vision Francis sees at Colonie Street.

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