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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the foundation of the young priest's plan?
(a) Increase the number of young men entering the priesthood
(b) Visit every parish family at least once every three months
(c) Increase the number of converts
(d) Develop a fundraising initiative

2. How does the priest describe the look on Mitonnet's face when the priest enters the presbytery?
(a) Morose
(b) Exhilirated
(c) Guilty
(d) The will to lie

3. What does the priest ask Chantal to remove from her bag even though he had no knowledge it was in there?
(a) A ring
(b) A letter
(c) An apple
(d) A journal

4. Who has been gossiping about the young priest?
(a) The school children
(b) The other priests
(c) The townspeople
(d) The nuns

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

6. Who is Maxim Gorki?
(a) A Russian dancer
(b) A Russian writer
(c) A Russian government agent
(d) A Hungarian author

7. What does the priest note about the handwriting inside Mlle Louise's prayer book found lying in the aisle at church?
(a) It is small and well-formed
(b) It it completely illegible
(c) It is large and scrawling
(d) It is the same handwriting of the letter asking for the priest's resignation

8. In what area does the Cure de Torcy encourage the young priest?
(a) His study of farming
(b) His catechism lessons
(c) His study of sports
(d) His good work

9. What decision does the young priest's housekeeper make?
(a) To resign
(b) To change her hours
(c) To change her shopping day
(d) To convert to Catholicism

10. What decision does the young priest reverse?
(a) To keep a diary
(b) To teach catechism
(c) To stay at the parish forever
(d) To have a cleaning lady

11. What does the Dean of Blangermont chide the young priest about?
(a) His debt
(b) His teaching methods
(c) His sermons
(d) His daily routine

12. What is the topic of the diary entry the young priest gives to the Cure de Torcy to read?
(a) Slavery
(b) Gluttony
(c) Greed
(d) Prostitution

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

14. What could be any possible reasons for Dr. Delbende's suicide?
(a) Depression and loss of money
(b) Death of his wife
(c) Public humiliation
(d) News of a terminal illness

15. The young priest says his parishioners are _____________________.
(a) heathens
(b) uneducated
(c) bored stiff
(d) faithful

Short Answer Questions

1. The young priest serves as the __________ of the story.

2. What does M. le Comte tell the priest about Sulpice Mitonnet?

3. What causes more and more distress for the young priest?

4. What topic does the young priest know he needs to study?

5. What decision does the young priest make to keep expenses down?

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