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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Irish Chicago of that day, what does a refusal to become a priest after twelve years of seminary make Joe Carroll?

3. FDR is an admired president because of the way he treats what?

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

5. Who does James feel shame to admit is his childhood neighbor on Generals' Row?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe's attitude about human nature?

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

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

4. How do Joseph and Mary react to Joe junior's contraction of polio?

5. How does James honor his father in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the celebration begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cardinal Cooke asks candidates to promise to obey and respect him and his successors as he enfolds their hands.

Part 1) Why does James have a hard time accepting this?

Part 2) How does this keep power out of the hands of individual priests?

Part 3) Imagine how you would feel in his position. How would you have handled this situation?

Essay Topic 2

James goes through three revolutions of change.

Part 1) What are the three revolutions?

Part 2) Give examples from the text that show these revolutions.

Part 3) How do these revolutions influence him later in life?

Essay Topic 3

James sees his life following two possible tracks.

Part 1) What are the two tracks?

Part 2) Which track does he pick? Why does he pick it?

Part 3) How does this choice affect the rest of his life?

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