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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says that Francis was “staunchly resolute” in the face of what?
(a) A knife attack.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Capricious and adverse fate.
(d) The need to quit drinking.

3. What does the narrator say came from Rowdy Dick Doolan’s head when Francis saw him in a vision?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Blood.
(c) A glow.
(d) Birds.

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

5. Which street does Francis say he used to own?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Washington Avenue.
(c) State Street.
(d) Pearl Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helen sleep after she and Francis leave Jack and Clara’s?

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

3. What had Dick Doolan’s job been, when he worked in the Tenderloin?

4. What does Francis say about anything that “draws blood or breaks heads”?

5. What does Daddy Big say Francis’ son Billy did for him?

(see the answer key)

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