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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many generals attend the reception following at the Officers' Club?
(a) Only one.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Five.

2. Of what is Joe junior a sign?
(a) God's approval for the neighbors to see.
(b) There is a God.
(c) Of shame.
(d) God's disapproval.

3. In Irish Chicago of that day, what does a refusal to become a priest after twelve years of seminary make Joe Carroll?
(a) A cheat.
(b) A thief.
(c) A spoiled priest.
(d) A mean-spirited priest.

4. No longer Father James, a priest, what is James Carroll?
(a) A painter.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A businessman.

5. Joe and Mary Carroll have how many brothers and sisters?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe feel about leaving the seminary?

2. Joe junior is struck with what illness?

3. Who does James feel shame to admit is his childhood neighbor on Generals' Row?

4. Despite the cold, James is pleased this president does not do this.

5. What type of student is James in high school?

(see the answer key)

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