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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

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 wants to know what it’s like inside now.
(c) He doesn’t care if it falls down.
(d) He wants to burn it down.

2. What does the narrator say Rudy is aware of as Francis approaches Gerald’s grave?
(a) Something momentous happening.
(b) The weather turning colder.
(c) Francis going slightly insane.
(d) The truck starting up, to take them back to the city.

3. What urge does Francis have when he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?
(a) To run.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To drink.
(d) To make love to Helen.

4. What is the essence of Francis’ response when Rudy asks where they are going?
(a) They are going into hiding.
(b) They are performing an important and mysterious errand.
(c) They are believers, and fate will take them where it wants.
(d) They are bums, and don’t have anywhere to go.

5. When did the confrontation with the scabs take place?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?

2. What metaphor does Francis use to describe himself as a ball player?

3. What does Rudy say is Sandra’s last name?

4. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

5. Where is Clara when Francis and Helen arrive at Jack’s flat?

(see the answer key)

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