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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. What does James learn about religious faith?
(a) It brings families together.
(b) It involves suffering and unhappiness.
(c) It is healing.
(d) It helps one understand life.

2. Who believes human nature is incapable of good?
(a) An Irish Jansenist.
(b) A French Boiserrie.
(c) An English Transcendentalist.
(d) A Scottish Methodist.

3. Where does the author's mother take him as a two-year-old along with his four-year-old brother, Joe?
(a) To Chicago to visit relatives.
(b) To Disney World.
(c) FDR's presidential inauguration.
(d) To New York City.

4. Of whom will the General depend on James to take care?
(a) "The family."
(b) "Mom and the boys."
(c) "Our country."
(d) "The Church."

5. In what are both James and his father entwined?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The curse.
(c) Lives of the military and the priesthood.
(d) Government scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the ever-present symbol and embodiment of the Catholic Church?

2. In November 1965, who sets himself on fire at the Pentagon?

3. The author reflects on perceptions that he and his father give up worlds they love. Why?

4. What does General Carroll confide in his son?

5. What is Father James Carroll celebrating?

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