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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Cardinal ask the General to do upon their introductions to each other?
(a) Pray for him.
(b) Remove Janik's chains.
(c) Stop smoking.
(d) Let him go.

2. The Poniatov Bridge was the only bridge the ____________ had failed to destroy when they fled the ruined city.
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Germans.
(d) Americans.

3. Where is the Cardinal NOT going to go, though General Vrona thought he would be?
(a) Gillen.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Rywald.
(d) Gneisk.

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

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

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

7. Where does the Cardinal go to collect his thoughts before giving his speech?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Behind the Church.
(c) Sacristy.
(d) The vestibule.

8. When the Cardinal begins to receive a number of phone calls after the announcement of his return, which does he respond to first?
(a) American television.
(b) No one's.
(c) The foreign press.
(d) Some Western embassies.

9. Who acted as the dresser for Cardinal Bem when he returned to his residence?
(a) Father Malik.
(b) Tomas.
(c) No one.
(d) Father Presnik.

10. The Cardinal notes that he must remind himself that this _______ is now less pervasive than in those days they speak of with false nostalgia.
(a) Misery.
(b) Joy.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Homeless problem.

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

12. What does the young man tell the Cardinal NOT to do when the man is getting ready to leave?
(a) Thank him.
(b) Pay.
(c) Get up.
(d) Leave immediately.

13. ___________ have been handing out pamphlets about an announcement during the time of Rywald.
(a) Nuns.
(b) Priests.
(c) Students.
(d) Children.

14. The roadblocks were put up to catch some thieves who stole government ___________ two nights before.
(a) Uniforms.
(b) Books.
(c) Guards.
(d) Cars.

15. The authorities this the government property was stolen by a group of ____________.
(a) Radicals.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Priests.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Cardinal think of the man who tried to assassinate him the other night?

2. "On the floor of the forest are millions of ________. It takes only a spark to set them ablaze."

3. What number was Cardinal Bem given when he was sitting and waiting to see Father Ley in the VD clinic?

4. What is in the truck Janik and Cardinal Bem are traveling in, which is to help prevent them from being identified?

5. What did the SP man pull out before the Cardinal was led into the Prime Minister's garden?

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