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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why is Helen angry at Francis?
(a) He willfully cuckolds himself.
(b) He is always abandoning her.
(c) He cannot take care of himself.
(d) He will never commit to her.

2. What statement of Francis’ does Helen say is prophetic?
(a) That he never amounted to nothing.
(b) That he knows how to really live.
(c) That he’s always been a wanderer.
(d) That he never knew how to take care of anyone.

3. Why had Helen turned down a sandwich at Jack and Clara’s?
(a) She cannot eat because of her tumor.
(b) She was too proud to take food from them.
(c) She knew that Jack and Clara could barely afford food themselves.
(d) She was ashamed of herself.

4. How did Katrina die?
(a) An accident.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) In a fire.
(d) Cancer.

5. How did Francis become close to Katrina Daugherty?
(a) He worked for her for years, admiring her from a distance.
(b) He prevented her from going out of her house naked.
(c) He painted her house, and did odd jobs.
(d) He pushed her out of the way of a trolley.

6. What momentous event took place at Kibbee’s lumberyard?
(a) Francis and Annie kissed for the first time.
(b) Francis met Helen.
(c) Francis and Helen worked together.
(d) Francis slept with Helen for the first time.

7. How did Helen’s mother use the money that should have been for Helen?
(a) Travel.
(b) She spent it on clothes.
(c) Her brother’s education.
(d) Gambling.

8. What does Francis ask a woman in the street in Chapter 6?
(a) Where he is.
(b) Where his house used to be.
(c) Where he can get a jug.
(d) Where he can get a turkey.

9. How does the narrator characterize the effect of Francis handling things from his previous life?
(a) Delightful.
(b) Redemptive.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Uncanny.

10. What explanation does Annie give Francis, for why she never said anything about him dropping Gerald?
(a) There was no use talking about it.
(b) She didn’t want him to stay away from the house.
(c) She already knew how sorry he was.
(d) She thought he would come back and atone for it himself.

11. What does Francis say his mother tried to do to the neighbors’ property?
(a) Break their windows.
(b) Kill their tree.
(c) Wall out their noise.
(d) Poison their dog.

12. What does Francis say he connects scars to?
(a) Raise a ruckus.
(b) Kill a man.
(c) Get justice.
(d) Get his job back.

13. What literary term describes the jump back to an earlier time at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Non-linear narrative.
(b) A historical narrative.
(c) Memory.
(d) Flashback.

14. Why does Francis say he never committed suicide?
(a) He was always afraid of hell.
(b) He knew that no one would say prayers for him in death.
(c) He was deathly afraid of being alone forever in the cemetery.
(d) He was too busy trying to figure out how to live.

15. How long did Francis and Annie court before they married?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) A month and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose kidnapping did Francis’ son Billy get mixed up in?

2. What does Helen say is her lucky star?

3. What trait does Helen say her mother and Francis’ mother have in common?

4. What does Francis protect Katrina Daugherty from?

5. What does Rosskam invite Francis to watch?

(see the answer keys)

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