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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. Who is the FBI resolved to bring down?

2. What do James and fellow novices do on the edge of a lake?

3. What does the General call Martin Luther King?

4. James recalls when he and his fellow candidates lie prostrate on the cold stone floor of St. Paul the Apostle Church. What ceremony is this?

5. What is this ceremony for his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is James' friendship with Patrick Hughes significant?

2. What is James' opinion of segregation and white supremacy as a child?

3. Who are the Paulist Fathers?

4. How does Father Daniel Berrigan protest the war?

5. His Holiness addresses the United Nations for its twentieth-year celebration.

6. How is Boston University a good fit for Father Carroll?

7. What does the FBI do to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

8. General Carroll is chairman of a Washington dinner to honor Hoover. He asks Father James to offer the benediction. How does Father James react?

9. Why does James feel out of place among the working-class Irish novices?

10. Why is General Carroll successful in his government position?

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

The B-52 Bomber is an important symbol in this book.

Part 1) What is a B-52 Bomber? What is its purpose?

Part 2) How is the B-52 Bomber significant in this book?

Part 3) How does the B-52 Bomber symbolize James' opinion of war and the military?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book James' opinion of the military, the government, and war change drastically.

Part 1) What does James think of these as a child? Why?

Part 2) How does his opinion change over time? Why?

Part 3) How do his actions match his change in opinion?

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