View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Cardinal assures the General that he will tell others that he was ________ detained by the government.
(a) Unwillfully.
(b) Just.
(c) Not.
(d) Certainly.

2. The Cardinal noted a large number of people coming out of ________, which must have been the 7:30 mass.
(a) Santa Sabina.
(b) Santa Rosa.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Santa Teresa.

3. How many bishops are set to attend the celebrations where the archbishop is to give his incendiary speech?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

4. The Cardinal and Janik are left in a cell for the night as they can't call the _____________ until the morning.
(a) Minister.
(b) Dock.
(c) Church.
(d) Depot.

5. The Cardinal is told that if he just walks down toward the river, he can ______________.
(a) Catch a bus.
(b) Find a church.
(c) Get to the border.
(d) Sleep in a warm bed.

6. What is in the truck Janik and Cardinal Bem are traveling in, which is to help prevent them from being identified?
(a) Gold.
(b) Books.
(c) Sausages.
(d) Coal.

7. Who came to the Cardinal, telling him excitedly that he had seen him on the evening news?
(a) Father Ley.
(b) Father Malik.
(c) Finder.
(d) Janik.

8. Janik was the new driver and he wears a leather _____________ cap of the WWI vintage, according to the story.
(a) Clergy.
(b) Aviator's.
(c) Shipman's.
(d) Pope.

9. What does the Cardinal want the Prime Minister to delay until he can meet with his bishops?
(a) The execution of the Archbishop.
(b) The announcement of the Cardinal's return.
(c) Their one-on-one meeting.
(d) His speech about taxes.

10. Where did Frederic Zaron and the Cardinal meet when they discussed the arrangements for the Father Ley visit?
(a) Synagogue.
(b) Coffee shop.
(c) Library.
(d) Church.

11. What began to be seen at those small roadside shrines to the Virgin, which had survived the Communist rule?
(a) Paper papal flags.
(b) Demonstrations.
(c) Gatherings of mourners.
(d) Flowers.

12. The Security Police surrounded the Cardinal's car as though they were an official ______________.
(a) Prisoner of war.
(b) Military general.
(c) Escort.
(d) Security threat.

13. What did the man in the operating gown offer to Cardinal Bem when his name was first called?
(a) Food.
(b) A bath.
(c) Cologne.
(d) A shave.

14. Janik informs Cardinal Bem that the army is usually looking for stolen _____________ when they are out on patrol.
(a) Books.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Coal.
(d) Vehicles.

15. What kind of car is ready and waiting for the Cardinal when he is sent away from the Prime Minister's home?
(a) None.
(b) Blue Vada.
(c) Red Volvo.
(d) Black Zis limousine.

Short Answer Questions

1. State Television informs the Cardinal that he may make a ______________ broadcast to his people.

2. The Cardinal tells his dresser put the bank notes he received from the Prime Minister in the ___________ fund.

3. When the Cardinal begins to receive a number of phone calls after the announcement of his return, which does he respond to first?

4. What is the sound Cardinal Bem hears when he wakes up in the morning after his all too brief sleep?

5. What kind of dog greeted the Cardinal when the Cardinal goes in to see the Prime Minister?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 497 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample