Heroes

• Where are Francis' parents?

  They are dead
• What does Nicole remind Francis of?

  A statue of a saint
• Which friend of Francis' lives in the same building as him?

  Marie LaCroix
• Where do the veterans go to drink?

  St Jude's Club
• Why does the Wreck Centre have a reputation for being doomed?

  Because a bride was shot there by a jealous ex-lover
• Where did Joey LeBlanc die?

  During the attack on Pearl Harbor
• "The patron saint of the Wreck Centre"

  Arthur about Larry
• What does Francis consider doing at the end of the novel?

  Buying a typewriter
• Whats in the stranglers scrapbook?

  Newspaper clippings about Frenchtown men in war
• Francis compares himself to a character from which famous novel?

  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• What is Francis doing when he first sees Nicole Renard?

  Picking up chalk
• Which object represents the guilt that Francis feels?

  The duffel bag.
• Where does Nicole Renard come from?

  Albany, New York
• How does Nicole contribute to the war effort?

  She volunteers with the Red Cross
• "We have to keep the world safe for these young people."

  Larry LaSalle
• To what could you compare the constant to-ing and fro-ing of the action?

  It could be compared to the table tennis games played by Francis
• What is the effect of using flashbacks?

  The flashbacks let the reader build a picture of the characters as they change
• How is the novel narrated?

  Heroes is narrated in the first person by Francis
• Which is the main metaphor used throughout the novel?

  Francis compares his duffel bag with a guilty burden