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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Imposition".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. FDR is an admired president because of the way he treats what?
(a) His children.
(b) His affliction.
(c) The U.S. citizens.
(d) His enemies.

2. How does James feel among the working-class Irish novices?
(a) He feels at home.
(b) Out of place.
(c) He befriends many of them.
(d) He often fights them.

3. What convinces James to be Patrick Hughes' friend?
(a) He has no other friends.
(b) Patrick's belief in himself.
(c) Patrick is kind and loving.
(d) Patrick does not give James the option to say no.

4. What do James and fellow novices do on the edge of a lake?
(a) Bet when it will freeze over.
(b) Fish.
(c) Swim.
(d) Contemplate their choice to join the priesthood.

5. God, government, and what else keep James in conflict?
(a) Girls.
(b) His calling.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Cardinal ritually anoints James' hands and wraps them in linen bands that are given to his mother. What power does this give James?

2. Who is excommunicated?

3. Where does James begin seminary training in 1963?

4. Joseph gives his family what motto?

5. Why do countless Air Force chaplains attend in full dress?

(see the answer key)

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