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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the price Helen pays for sleeping where she does after leaving Clara's house?
(a) A sex act.
(b) Six dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) She stays for free.

2. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?
(a) He retreats into enigmatic silence.
(b) He insults Rudy genially.
(c) He clowns around.
(d) He gets angry.

3. What does Helen say will happen to Francis if he leaves her on the street?
(a) He will freeze.
(b) She will die.
(c) He will be lost.
(d) He will forget her.

4. What does the narrator say is in short supply on Halloween night?
(a) Grace.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Fear.
(d) Mystery.

5. What metaphor does Francis use to describe himself as a ball player?
(a) Dog.
(b) Train.
(c) Car.
(d) Hawk.

6. What is Francis guilty about, when he talks to Gerald?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Taking lovers.
(c) Dropping the baby.
(d) Abandoning his family.

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

8. How does Francis characterize Sandra’s life?
(a) It wasn’t human any more.
(b) It had become angelic.
(c) It was squandered.
(d) It was redeemed as she died.

9. What is Francis afraid will happen to Sandra?
(a) The dogs will eat her.
(b) She will get sick.
(c) She will die.
(d) She’ll be arrested.

10. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) A sea so cruel.
(b) His fair wife.
(c) His darling children.
(d) His beautiful homeland.

11. How does Francis characterize Clara?
(a) A good bum.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Sick.

12. What does Helen lose on her way back to the Mission?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her keys.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her show.

13. What does Francis say is ‘standard survival currency everywhere’?
(a) Buddies.
(b) Money.
(c) Fornication.
(d) Violence.

14. What kind of establishment is The Gilded Cage?
(a) A dive bar.
(b) A burlesque hall.
(c) A fancy restaurant.
(d) A saloon.

15. What accusation does the ghost of the first man Francis killed accuse Francis of?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Murdering his baby.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Insanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say was Francis’ relationship with prayer?

2. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

3. What makes it possible for Francis and Rudy to eat at the Mission?

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

5. What does the narrator say about the brotherhood that joins Francis and Rudy?

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