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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. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?
(a) Secret Service.
(b) U.S. Cavalry.
(c) Selective Service enforcement.
(d) Private First Class.

2. Father Carroll affirms whose power?
(a) The United States.
(b) His power.
(c) Beezelbub.
(d) Yahweh.

3. What proposes using bomb shelters after a U.S. first strike?
(a) The Bay of Pigs.
(b) The United States-Russian Compromise of 1965.
(c) The Embargo Act.
(d) The 1961 Burris Memorandum.

4. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?
(a) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of James Carroll.
(b) Joe Carroll's childhood.
(c) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of Joe Carroll Jr.
(d) Joe Carroll's childhood until his marriage.

5. What dream does James abandon, when he chooses to attend seminary school?
(a) To be a professional football player.
(b) To follow General Carroll in the Air Force.
(c) To join the Navy.
(d) To marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Chapel located?

2. How is James, Joe and Mary's second son, born?

3. Who is founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in charge of enemy counts and evaluating targets in Vietnam?

4. James Carroll reminisces on experiences as a young boy growing up in what city?

5. What does being a priest preaching his first sermon make apparent about James?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon what does James reflect at the end of the chapter, regarding B-52s and nuclear war?

2. Why is the General in a somber mood on the drive home with his son?

3. Who is in attendance for his first mass and sermon?

4. How does the celebration begin?

5. How does James change from his pro-war attitude?

6. What does James realize about his desire to enter the seminary?

7. Why does Joe feel like a disgrace for leaving the seminary?

8. How does Roosevelt's inauguration differ from past presidential inaugurations?

9. What is Elvis' significance in this story?

10. Why is FDR an admired president?

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