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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. James is ordained in 1969, and assigned to the campus ministry at what university?
(a) Boston University.
(b) The University of Virginia.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) New York University.

2. How is Dan Berrigan's hiding place found?
(a) Through the assistance of the Catholic church.
(b) Through the letters from his brother, Philip.
(c) Through James' confessions.
(d) Through the Pope.

3. How does James read the Bible for the first time?
(a) As a living thing.
(b) Using the Hebrew Bible.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) Starting with the New Testament.

4. What changes James' life and leads to a weekly review of two poems?
(a) A literature course in school.
(b) A visit by Allen Tate to the college.
(c) A summer writing workshop taught by Allen Tate.
(d) Patrick Hughes' friendship.

5. Tom Dooley writes a book inferring what about Vietnam?
(a) Vietnam is a Communist country under Catholic siege.
(b) Vietnam is a Catholic country under Communist siege.
(c) It is a war of religions.
(d) Vietnam is a country full of pagans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes to James, for the first time, a man with whom he can identify?

2. When the General and Mary reunite with James at St. Paul's College and walk up Fourth Street, to where do they walk?

3. What does James intern as in Atlanta?

4. Who reminds James of Air Force chaplains?

5. Nixon is in office and plans to do what with the Vietnam War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James' opinion of segregation and white supremacy as a child?

2. What leads to General Carroll's feelings towards Martin Luther King, Jr.?

3. How does the text show James is beginning to agree with his friends and associates who think he can follow Patrick's example of self-confidence and risk-taking by skating on his own thin ice?

4. What is the tone difference between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover?

5. How does Father Daniel Berrigan protest the war?

6. General Carroll's DIA offers up analysis that the bombing is having no effect on Hanoi's ability to wage war. How do the Joint Chiefs respond?

7. His Holiness addresses the United Nations for its twentieth-year celebration.

8. General Carroll is chairman of a Washington dinner to honor Hoover. He asks Father James to offer the benediction. How does Father James react?

9. How is Boston University a good fit for Father Carroll?

10. Why does James feel out of place among the working-class Irish novices?

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