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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. Where does James attend school?
(a) In private military academies.
(b) Grade school at St. Mary's School and begins high school in the Priory School at a Benedictine monastery.
(c) In the charter school system.
(d) In the Washington, D.C. public schools.

2. Who is founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in charge of enemy counts and evaluating targets in Vietnam?
(a) Lieutenant-General Joseph F. Carroll.
(b) Lieutenant-General Brian Carroll.
(c) Lieutenant-General Brent Carroll.
(d) Lieutenant-General James Carroll.

3. What happens as James and his father are golfing on the base golf course in Puerto Rico?
(a) James tells his father he is marrying Lexa.
(b) James tells his father he is joining the priesthood.
(c) A fleet of B-52 bombers lands.
(d) The U.S. begins the Vietnam War.

4. Father Carroll affirms whose power?
(a) Yahweh.
(b) Beezelbub.
(c) His power.
(d) The United States.

5. Who is the newly-ordained priest?
(a) Patrick Hughes.
(b) Joseph Carroll.
(c) The author.
(d) Edgar Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edward J. Kelly, Chicago's mayor and head of the Democratic Party, bring in millions?

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

3. In his year at Georgetown University what is the author named?

4. Who reflects a new image of priests than James and his mother remember?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Carroll family's experience in Washington, D.C.?

3. What is Elvis' significance in this story?

4. Why is the General in a somber mood on the drive home with his son?

5. Why is FDR an admired president?

6. How does James perceive his family's time in Germany?

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

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

9. How does the celebration begin?

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

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