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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "A Priest Forever".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does General Carroll confide in his son?
(a) He wants to be a priest.
(b) He misses Chicago.
(c) He does not enjoy working for the FBI.
(d) He may not come home some night.

3. Joe, now General Carroll, is serving in what position?
(a) Chief of staff of the Navy in Europe.
(b) Major General of the Air Force in Europe.
(c) Chief of Staff of the Air Force in Europe.
(d) Major General of the Air Force in Europe.

4. How is Joe's father, "Dike" Carroll, occasionally employed?
(a) As a sailor on Lake Michigan.
(b) As a janitor in a South Side ward house.
(c) As a butler in a South Side ward house.
(d) As a body guard.

5. James recalls that by 1993, he no longer fears nuclear war. Why?
(a) No other nation has nuclear war capabilities.
(b) The U.S. has destroyed all of its nuclear weapons.
(c) The 1960's war-mongers are held off in part by his father's efforts.
(d) He has built a fallout shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. After receiving his award at Georgetown University, what does the author receive?

2. Of whom will the General depend on James to take care?

3. How does James thank "Mr. Johnson" for ending the war?

4. What do President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara not know about Spellman?

5. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?

(see the answer key)

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