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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Greed.
(c) Lust.
(d) Envy.

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

3. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Germany.

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

5. What does Francis say about anything that “draws blood or breaks heads”?
(a) He knows how it tastes.
(b) He has seen it in action.
(c) He has held it in his hand.
(d) He regrets learning about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis say is ‘standard survival currency everywhere’?

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

3. What does Francis get for Sandra?

4. Where does Francis sleep after he and Helen leave Jack and Clara’s?

5. What year is it in the present moment of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack say Francis could have if he got straight, and what is Francis’ response?

2. Describe Francis’ baseball career.

3. How is Francis feeling at the beginning of the novel?

4. How did Francis end up killing Harold Allen?

5. Describe the relationship between Francis and Rudy.

6. What state is Sandra in when Francis, Helen and Rudy and Pee Wee return from the Gilded Cage?

7. What does Francis’ conversation with Rudy tell us about his relationship with Helen?

8. Describe Francis’ relationship with his mother.

9. What is the importance of Halloween in the book’s setting?

10. How does the narrator describe Gerald’s body in the grave?

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