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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?
(a) In the earth and sky themselves.
(b) In the unmarked graves.
(c) Among the illustrious dead.
(d) Among the flowing masses.

2. Where does Francis say his mother probably is?
(a) Limbo.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Hell.

3. For whom does Helen light a candle when she goes to church?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Francis.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her child.

4. Where does Rudy say Sandra came from?
(a) California.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Alaska.

5. How did Helen find out that her mother had betrayed her?
(a) Her brother told her.
(b) Her father told her in a dream.
(c) Her aunt told her.
(d) She found her father’s will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dead folks building in Annie’s back yard, when Francis visits?

2. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

3. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?

4. What did Francis’ mother announce at Thanksgiving dinner after Francis was married?

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

(see the answer key)

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