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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After receiving his award at Georgetown University, what does the author receive?
(a) A stainless-steel model B-52 bomber.
(b) A gold-plated model fighter jet.
(c) A platinum model tank.
(d) A silver-plated model aircraft carrier.

2. How is Joe's father, "Dike" Carroll, occasionally employed?
(a) As a sailor on Lake Michigan.
(b) As a janitor in a South Side ward house.
(c) As a butler in a South Side ward house.
(d) As a body guard.

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?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) James Carroll.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

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

5. What is one reason why James receives the ROTC award?
(a) He bribes the Commander.
(b) He wears his father's shoes shined by the General's orderlies.
(c) He is a good pilot.
(d) No one else deserves the award.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as James and his father are golfing on the base golf course in Puerto Rico?

2. Joe junior is struck with what illness?

3. James and Joe junior accompany their father to what base in Puerto Rico?

4. Father Carroll affirms whose power?

5. Who is the newly-ordained priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James change from his pro-war attitude?

2. How do 1950s Americans perceive Pope Pius XII?

3. How does James' antiwar stance affect his father?

4. What is known about Francis Cardinal Spellman?

5. Why does Joe feel like a disgrace for leaving the seminary?

6. Who is in attendance for his first mass and sermon?

7. What do Joe and Mary do for their Chicago guests and relatives from Chicago?

8. How does Joe become a part of Kelly's political hypocrisy?

9. What is Elvis' significance in this story?

10. Upon what does James reflect at the end of the chapter, regarding B-52s and nuclear war?

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