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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis tell Harold Allen he wanted to do, at the strike?
(a) Get his job back.
(b) Kill a man.
(c) Get justice.
(d) Raise a ruckus.

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

3. What did Francis’ mother announce at Thanksgiving dinner after Francis was married?
(a) That Francis and his bride were not welcome in the family house.
(b) That Francis was not welcome in the house till he had a son.
(c) That Francis was abandoning her and the family for a trollop.
(d) That Francis was welcome in the house, but his wife was not.

4. What physically connects Francis to the memory of his son’s death?
(a) The sensation of his own awed astonishment at what happened.
(b) The winds in the grass.
(c) Birds chirping in the trees.
(d) Tears dropping on his shoes.

5. What knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?
(a) The rights of homeless men.
(b) The chivalry of drink.
(c) The manners of wanderers.
(d) The etiquette of bums.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Francis recognize in King Brady’s saloon?

3. What does Francis ask a woman in the street in Chapter 6?

4. Which street does Francis say he used to own?

5. How does Rosskam demonstrate his strength?

(see the answer key)

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