View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James perceive the Carroll family's time in Germany?

2. Where does the author's mother take him as a two-year-old along with his four-year-old brother, Joe?

3. What does Joe junior undergo a dozen of over the next fifteen years?

4. For what does James' father never forgive himself?

5. How does Joe's childhood compare to the social standing he later achieves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does General Carroll share with his son regarding war?

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

4. Why is FDR an admired president?

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

6. What are the two tracks James sees in his life in Wiesbaden?

7. What are some of the discussions about use of nuclear weapons in preemptive strikes on China and the Soviet Union that James remembers?

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

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

10. How does Roger Touhy who is a Chicago bank robber, kidnapper and killer that have a significant impact on James' father's career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joseph Carroll is successful in his roles in the government.

Part 1) What government positions does he hold?

Part 2) How and why is he successful?

Part 3) How does the government benefit from Joseph Carroll?

Essay Topic 2

Joe feels like a disgrace for leaving the seminary.

Part 1) Why does he leave the seminary?

Part 2) Why does he feel guilty for leaving? What curse manifests from his leaving the seminary?

Part 3) How does his disgrace linger for the rest of the life?

Essay Topic 3

The Paulist Fathers are a unique American order of priests.

Part 1) Who are the Paulist Fathers?

Part 2) How are they unique?

Part 3) Why are they charged with crimes against the church?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 817 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample