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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James sees King once in person, and what is his opinion of King?
(a) His father is right in believing King is void of all morals.
(b) He is a liar and a coward.
(c) He can not be trusted.
(d) King is the only public figure to which he is personally devoted.

2. James feels his life ends when he enters seminary and that as a child he first hears the word as what?
(a) Cemetery.
(b) Sedimentary.
(c) Crematory.
(d) Cinnamon.

3. Whose point of view does James present on the Cavett Show?
(a) Father Daniel Berrigan's.
(b) His students'.
(c) His own.
(d) His father's.

4. What does the General call Martin Luther King?
(a) A leader of the free.
(b) The most notorious liar in America.
(c) A great man.
(d) A religious role model.

5. Why does Father James spend the summer on retreat in the Holy Land?
(a) To reconsider his vocation.
(b) To take a long-needed vacation.
(c) To meet with religious leaders.
(d) For a religion conference.

6. The Pope's speech ends in French. What does it translate to in English?
(a) God bless the U.S.A.
(b) God is on our side.
(c) War no more.
(d) We must fight God's war.

7. To what does the author flash back?
(a) His recent experience with Allen Tate in Tennessee.
(b) His high school girlfriend.
(c) His years in Germany.
(d) His childhood riding in an automobile with his father.

8. Where is no one allowed to truly speak his mind?
(a) In the government.
(b) In the Air Force.
(c) At the Carrolls'.
(d) In the FBI.

9. How does James thank "Mr. Johnson" for ending the war?
(a) He writes a personal letter.
(b) During a meal at the White House.
(c) In person.
(d) On the telephone.

10. By the will of whom does Diem rule Vietnam?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Allah.
(c) God.
(d) Shiva.

11. James is a boy in southern Alexandria and raised in what traditions?
(a) Confederate.
(b) Virginian.
(c) American.
(d) Military.

12. Nixon is in office and plans to do what with the Vietnam War?
(a) End it.
(b) Escalate it.
(c) Slowly remove soldiers from Vietnam.
(d) Ask other countries for assistance.

13. James is ordained in 1969, and assigned to the campus ministry at what university?
(a) The University of Virginia.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) New York University.

14. Where does James begin seminary training in 1963?
(a) St. Francis College.
(b) St. Mark's College.
(c) St. Paul's College.
(d) College of the Benedictine.

15. Who arrests James for protesting Igloo White at Hansom Air Force Base?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Secret Service.
(d) The Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in Washington transforms James' resistance into a resolution because he is faithful to John XXIII and embodies his vision for the Church?

2. On what does James learn Catholic beliefs in scripture, events and characters are based?

3. What do James and fellow novices do on the edge of a lake?

4. To what is the author resistant?

5. James recalls when he and his fellow candidates lie prostrate on the cold stone floor of St. Paul the Apostle Church. What ceremony is this?

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