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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Francis and the others do with Sandra?
(a) Take her to a flop.
(b) Move her body into the Mission.
(c) Leave her in the cold.
(d) Call her an ambulance.

2. What does Rudy tell Francis the doctor diagnosed him with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Heart trouble.
(d) Alcoholism.

3. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1916.

4. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Catholic.

5. How did Aldo Campione die?
(a) His neck was broken in a fight.
(b) Fell from a train.
(c) Shot in the back.
(d) He died of exposure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first man Francis Phelan killed?

2. How does Francis characterize Clara?

3. How does Francis characterize his reaction to the death of Dick Doolan?

4. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?

5. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?

(see the answer key)

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