View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tim find in the church attic?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Some old clothes.
(c) A wrapper for an Almond Joy.
(d) Nothing.

2. Why isn't the bishop happy with Tim?
(a) Tim has not been taking care of himself.
(b) Tim has not been returning the bishop's phone calls.
(c) Tim is not yet married.
(d) Tim hasn't been visiting parishioners in the hospital.

3. What do people around Tim comment on when they see him in Chapter 20?
(a) His sickly look.
(b) His weight.
(c) His hair.
(d) His expressions.

4. How did Willard die?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He had surgical complications.
(c) He was killed in the war.
(d) Cancer.

5. Where is Barnabas spotted after he is stolen?
(a) In the back of a truck.
(b) On TV.
(c) Tied up at a shack in the woods.
(d) In a basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cynthia ask Tim to pray for after he invites her to lunch?

2. Where is Dooley when Tim calls him to let him know about Olivia?

3. Who takes Tim to the airport?

4. Why did Tim go so many years without driving?

5. Who is shot while staking out the house where Barnabas is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inscription has Willard carved into the Porter House? Why is this significant?

2. How do Tim and Cynthia part at the end of the book?

3. Why do you think Tim is ignoring the doctor's directions to eat well and exercise?

4. How does the loss of Barnabas bring Dooley and Tim closer together?

5. Do you think it is a good thing that Dooley goes to Meadowgate for summer vacation? Why or why not?

6. Why does Dooley get into a food fight? Why isn't Tim more upset about it?

7. Who is Sadie's long-lost relative? How do readers find out about this?

8. Describe the reunion between Tim and Barnabas.

9. Why is Tim amazed by Sadie's love story?

10. Which is your favorite character in this book? Which is your least favorite character in this book? Why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 768 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample