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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?
(a) He wishes he could go back there.
(b) He doesn’t care if it falls down.
(c) He wants to burn it down.
(d) He wants to know what it’s like inside now.

2. Why does Francis work in the cemetery?
(a) To redeem his suitcase at a hotel.
(b) To get Helen out of jail.
(c) To get money for a place to stay.
(d) To make money to pay a lawyer.

3. What does Francis say he would like to do to his mother?
(a) Ask her forgiveness.
(b) Strangle her bones.
(c) Talk to her again.
(d) Confess himself to her.

4. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?
(a) All Souls’ Day.
(b) All Saints’ Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Day of the Dead.

5. What does the narrator say is in short supply on Halloween night?
(a) Grace.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Fear.
(d) Mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essence of Francis’ response when Rudy asks where they are going?

2. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?

3. What physical debility does Reverend Chester have?

4. What physically connects Francis to the memory of his son’s death?

5. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?

(see the answer key)

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