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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. James Carroll reminisces on experiences as a young boy growing up in what city?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Richmond, VA.
(d) Chicago, IL.

3. What Chicago bank robber, kidnapper and killer has a significant impact on James' father's career?
(a) Roger Touhy.
(b) Richard Thomas.
(c) Robert Tolliver.
(d) Ruben Toulouse.

4. FDR is an admired president because of the way he treats what?
(a) His enemies.
(b) His children.
(c) The U.S. citizens.
(d) His affliction.

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

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

7. How does James perceive the Carroll family's time in Germany?
(a) Enjoyable.
(b) Normal.
(c) Fun.
(d) Their best.

8. What proposes using bomb shelters after a U.S. first strike?
(a) The Embargo Act.
(b) The Bay of Pigs.
(c) The 1961 Burris Memorandum.
(d) The United States-Russian Compromise of 1965.

9. Where does the author secretly throw his Georgetown University prize?
(a) In the Potomac.
(b) In the Atlantic ocean.
(c) Into the swamp behind the seminary.
(d) In the woods behind the seminary.

10. Who is the ever-present symbol and embodiment of the Catholic Church?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Priests.
(d) Jesus.

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

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

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

14. What belief does the General share with his son?
(a) That World War III is inevitable.
(b) That he is secretly against the Vietnam War.
(c) That he believes the curse still exists.
(d) That he is plotting to destroy Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe and his family leave Chicago for FBI training. After training, where are they assigned?

2. James is in college now and working as what for the summer?

3. What does Joe junior undergo a dozen of over the next fifteen years?

4. The rank General Carroll achieves allows his family to have friendships among what group of people?

5. James hopes his ROTC unit is picked to march in whose parade?

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