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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James reads an account of his father's conspiracy to destroy whom?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) The Catholic Church of America.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Democratic Party.

2. When the General and Mary reunite with James at St. Paul's College and walk up Fourth Street, to where do they walk?
(a) The Lincoln Memorial.
(b) The Washington Monument.
(c) The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
(d) The Catholic Archidiacese.

3. On whom does ritual require a newly-ordained priest to first perform his priestly blessing?
(a) On his parents.
(b) Other priests.
(c) His siblings.
(d) Members of the congregation.

4. What do President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara not know about Spellman?
(a) He is not favored by the Pope.
(b) He plays golf.
(c) He will be ordaining James.
(d) He helps instigate the war.

5. God, government, and what else keep James in conflict?
(a) Writing.
(b) Girls.
(c) His calling.
(d) Poetry.

6. What bill does President Johnson propose? He ends his speech with "we shall overcome" and becomes an ally of King's.
(a) Desegregation Bill.
(b) Equality for All Bill.
(c) Voting Rights Bill.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

7. What does Carroll's DIA report show?
(a) The air campaign is not working.
(b) The air campaign might work.
(c) The air campaign is working.
(d) The air campaign has already worked.

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

9. How does James feel among the working-class Irish novices?
(a) He befriends many of them.
(b) Out of place.
(c) He feels at home.
(d) He often fights them.

10. To what is the conflict between James and his father limited?
(a) The Civil Rights movement.
(b) The priesthood.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Air Force.

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

12. Senator Eugene McCarthy declares his candidacy for president on what platform?
(a) A green platform.
(b) A war platform.
(c) An anti-war platform.
(d) A segregationist platform.

13. King is wiretapped, and what does his sexual behavior replace as an issue?
(a) Marxist thugs.
(b) Communist infiltration.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

15. How does James feel at his ordination?
(a) He is unsure.
(b) He is fearful.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He feels betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is no one allowed to truly speak his mind?

2. Why do countless Air Force chaplains attend in full dress?

3. Of what does James believe Joe Carroll embodies the motto?

4. Who arrests James for protesting Igloo White at Hansom Air Force Base?

5. Who reminds James of Air Force chaplains?

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