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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. What is Father James Carroll celebrating?
(a) The birth of his daughter.
(b) A baptism.
(c) His first mass and giving his first sermon.
(d) Christmas.

2. Where does Joe attend six years of night school?
(a) Loyal School of Medicine.
(b) Loyola Law School.
(c) Northwestern School of Medicine.
(d) Northwestern Law School.

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

4. Where is the Chapel located?
(a) On the north side of the Potomac River.
(b) On the south side of the Potomac River.
(c) On the west side of the Potomac River.
(d) On the east side of the Potomac River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author reflects on perceptions that he and his father give up worlds they love. Why?

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

3. Despite the cold, James is pleased this president does not do this.

4. What has made FDR paralyzed from the waist down?

5. What is one reason why James receives the ROTC award?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James realize about his desire to enter the seminary?

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

3. What government position does Joe Carroll have in Europe?

4. How does Roosevelt's inauguration differ from past presidential inaugurations?

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

6. What does the B-52 Bomber symbolize to James?

7. Why is FDR an admired president?

8. Upon what does James Carroll reflect?

9. How does James, the anti-war priest from a military family feel giving his first sermon?

10. How does the celebration begin?

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