2. What does the priest pause to reconsider?
(a) Why people don't come to church
(b) Why he is writing a diary
(c) Why there is so much hate in the world
(d) Why he became a priest

3. What does the priest write in his diary about his health at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He is in horrible pain every day
(b) He is feeling better
(c) He has only a few months to live
(d) He is cured

4. What does the young priest describe as the novel begins?
(a) His childhood
(b) His education
(c) His parish
(d) His love of God

5. What is the only thing the young priest eats?
(a) Oatmeal
(b) Bread and butter
(c) Clear soup
(d) Bread soaked in wine

6. What causes more and more distress for the young priest?
(a) Stomach pains
(b) Family illness
(c) His old clothes
(d) Letters from home

7. The young priest realizes that the problems of ordinary people are more difficult than those of ________________________.
(a) barnyard animals
(b) wealthy people
(c) monks
(d) priests and bishops

8. Who is Mlle Louise?
(a) The Altar Society president
(b) The school headmistress
(c) The governess at the Chateau
(d) The priest's sister

9. Where does Mlle Chantal meet with the priest?
(a) The coffee shop
(b) The school
(c) The bakery
(d) At church

10. At what point did the Cure de Torcy consider taking his own life?
(a) When he was expelled from the seminary
(b) When his parents were killed
(c) When he received a terminal cancer diagnosis
(d) When he was humiliated by a girl

11. What is Ambricourt?
(a) A famous vineyard
(b) The young priest's parish
(c) A horse
(d) The family name of the Chateau

12. What is another subject the young priest thinks he should study?
(a) Sports
(b) Cooking
(c) Fishing
(d) Stamp collecting

13. What does Mlle Louise think she should do with Mlle Chantal?
(a) Ground her
(b) Put her up for adoption
(c) Send her to boarding school
(d) Homeschool her

14. Why does Mme Dumuchel visit the priest?
(a) She is unhappy with her daughter's catechism exam grade
(b) She wants to set a date for her wedding
(c) She wants to have her baby baptized
(d) She needs personal counseling

15. What does the Cure de Torcy believe about Dr. Delbende's death?
(a) He was too young to die
(b) He had not left a will
(c) He had not been baptized
(d) He may have shot himself