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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked how his trip was, what did the Cardinal reply to the young man who was now driving him?
(a) Enjoyable.
(b) Bumpy.
(c) Long.
(d) Nauseous.

2. What was the question the truck driver asked of the cardinal upon opening up the back of the truck?
(a) Is this the right way?
(b) Can you pray with me?
(c) Did you sleep?
(d) Are you okay?

3. What number was Cardinal Bem given when he was sitting and waiting to see Father Ley in the VD clinic?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 7.

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

5. 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.

6. In reading Krasnoy's speech, it seems that he did know about the ______________ before it took place.
(a) Riot.
(b) Union.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Father Ley meeting.

7. What does the Cardinal want Tomas to pack up now before and for the next day's ceremonies?
(a) His speech.
(b) His robes.
(c) His dog.
(d) His books.

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) The foreign press.
(b) American television.
(c) No one's.
(d) Some Western embassies.

9. A young man in a ____________ shirt and a blue plastic hat come out of the small Fiat when it drove up.
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

10. What kind of ceremony had the Cardinal last presided over at the church where he finds himself at this point?
(a) First Eucharist.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Confirmation.

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

12. The Prime Minister reassures the Cardinal that they are ____________, in a manner of speaking.
(a) Safe.
(b) At war.
(c) Done.
(d) Alone.

13. Maybe it's true, the Cardinal thinks, that the regime stuffs our mouths with ___________ to keep us quiet.
(a) Bread.
(b) Faith.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Lies.

14. "On the floor of the forest are millions of ________. It takes only a spark to set them ablaze."
(a) Branches.
(b) Pine cones.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Leaves.

15. How does the Cardinal promise to the General that he will tell the lie about what happened with the government?
(a) He gives his word.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) He lets an aide know.
(d) Written statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Cardinal NOT going to go, though General Vrona thought he would be?

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

3. Who officiated the requiem mass for Joseph in the cathedral when the Cardinal was away?

4. On what day is the speech supposed to be given during the celebrations of Rywald?

5. What does the young man tell the Cardinal NOT to do when the man is getting ready to leave?

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