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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Joy to My Youth".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who symbolically unites the Elvis sexuality and the priestly celibacy?
(a) The Air Force chaplains.
(b) The Young nuns.
(c) Monsigneur Chess.
(d) The new Pope.

2. What does Joe stay in for twenty-five years rather than the six months originally expected?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Secret Service.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Navy.

3. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?
(a) Communists.
(b) Russians.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Hitler.

4. What has made FDR paralyzed from the waist down?
(a) An automobile accident.
(b) A riding accident.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Polio.

5. Who represents Catholic Irish-American ambition?
(a) Chess.
(b) Carroll.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Spellman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a sexual image ideal for the author?

2. What happens as James and his father are golfing on the base golf course in Puerto Rico?

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

4. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?

5. In Irish Chicago of that day, what does a refusal to become a priest after twelve years of seminary make Joe Carroll?

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