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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young priest share at the area priests' monthly conference?
(a) Food the housekeeper has prepared
(b) Travel expenses
(c) Problems of his parishoners
(d) A new plan for managing his parish

2. What does the priest think the parishioners think about him now?
(a) No opinion
(b) Unsure of him
(c) Unhappy with him
(d) Thrilled with him

3. The priest feels that the parishioners are full of ___________________.
(a) fear
(b) dreams
(c) anger
(d) loneliness

4. What decision does the young priest make to keep expenses down?
(a) Does not heat the house in the winter
(b) Washes his own clothes
(c) Eats only one meal each day
(d) Does not hire a cleaning lady

5. The young priest thinks that the elder priests _________________________________.
(a) are out of touch with the times
(b) don't believe in the things they preach
(c) are too tired to minister properly
(d) are too strict

6. Who speaks to the young priest about his relationships with the parishioners?
(a) Dr. Delbende
(b) M. Pamyre
(c) The Cure de Torcy
(d) The Mme la Comtesse

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

8. What does the priest now put in his wine?
(a) Lemon
(b) Syrup
(c) Sugar
(d) Water

9. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.
(a) money and savings
(b) adult relationships
(c) confessions
(d) hell

10. What does Sulpice do for the young priest?
(a) Replaces the candles in church
(b) Leads the church choir
(c) Delivers groceries
(d) Helps with work around the presbytery

11. What physical discomfort has the young priest experienced lately?
(a) Migraine headaches
(b) A broken leg
(c) Stomach pains
(d) Gout

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

13. Which child seems to hold some promise out of all the students?
(a) Gabrielle Lyons
(b) Seraphita Dumouchel
(c) Marie Claire
(d) Rose Delaney

14. What topic does the young priest know he needs to study?
(a) Crops and farming
(b) English literature
(c) Biology
(d) Housekeeping

15. What is the housekeeper's personality?
(a) Sullen
(b) Unfriendly
(c) Aggressive
(d) Chatty

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the meeting with Mme Dumouchel make the young priest reconsider?

2. What does Mlle Louise think she should do with Mlle Chantal?

3. According to the Cure de Torcy, what does the world need to overthrow the devil?

4. What else does the Dean lecture the young priest about?

5. What has happened to Dr. Delbende?

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