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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Joe Carroll work to support his family?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In a bank.
(c) For the Chicago Tribune.
(d) In the Chicago stockyards.

2. What type of student is James in high school?
(a) A member of Glee Club.
(b) An "A" student.
(c) A "C" student.
(d) A musician.

3. Who prophecies a valley full of vast quantities of dry bones?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Esther.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Elijah.

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

5. Mary drives the children to pick Joseph up at night. What does she do on the way home?
(a) Gives them a tour of Washington.
(b) Picks up dinner.
(c) Visits friends.
(d) Drives along the Potomac.

6. Who does James feel shame to admit is his childhood neighbor on Generals' Row?
(a) General Curtis Lemay.
(b) Father Frank Miller.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) President Herbert Hoover.

7. What is a highlight of James' parent's life?
(a) Carroll graduating from high school.
(b) Having their children.
(c) Introduction to the new Pope.
(d) Living in Germany.

8. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?
(a) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of James Carroll.
(b) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of Joe Carroll Jr.
(c) Joe Carroll's childhood.
(d) Joe Carroll's childhood until his marriage.

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

10. Who is founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in charge of enemy counts and evaluating targets in Vietnam?
(a) Lieutenant-General James Carroll.
(b) Lieutenant-General Brent Carroll.
(c) Lieutenant-General Joseph F. Carroll.
(d) Lieutenant-General Brian Carroll.

11. President Kennedy reverses nuclear thinking through speeches, the Test Ban Treaty and what else?
(a) The Nuclear Weaponry Treaty.
(b) The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
(c) The Treaty for Human Liberties.
(d) The United Nations Treaty.

12. How many years later does James break his vow and leave the priesthood?
(a) Two years later.
(b) Five years later.
(c) Fifteen years later.
(d) Twelve years later.

13. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?
(a) Private First Class.
(b) Selective Service enforcement.
(c) U.S. Cavalry.
(d) Secret Service.

14. What happens as James and his father are golfing on the base golf course in Puerto Rico?
(a) A fleet of B-52 bombers lands.
(b) James tells his father he is marrying Lexa.
(c) James tells his father he is joining the priesthood.
(d) The U.S. begins the Vietnam War.

15. Joe and Jim wear Democrat campaign pins with what motto to protest Republican "I Like Ike" campaign pins?
(a) "I like Everybody."
(b) "I Don't Like Ike."
(c) "I Hate Ike."
(d) "Who's Ike?"

Short Answer Questions

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

2. His senior year Homecoming Day game is with what city?

3. Who confirms his appreciation of Joe Carroll by assigning him to Washington as chief of kidnapping and bank robbery investigations for the entire Bureau?

4. What belief does the General share with his son?

5. Who symbolically unites the Elvis sexuality and the priestly celibacy?

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