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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What does M le Comte warn the young priest about?
(a) Not to move in too quickly among the parishioners who bear fresh wounds from the war
(b) Not to trust the local banker with financial planning
(c) Not to wear himself out with too many plans at once
(d) Not to drink too much wine in public

3. Who is Dr. Delbende?
(a) An economist
(b) A scientist
(c) A physician
(d) A surgeon

4. What was Mlle Louise's original career goal?
(a) Teacher
(b) Writer
(c) Nun
(d) Nurse

5. What subject is painted on the oleograph in the Cure de Torcy's oratory?
(a) The Baby Jesus
(b) Joan of Arc
(c) The Last Supper
(d) St. Francis of Assisi

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

7. When would the young priest be allowed to address the offending topic?
(a) With the Bishop
(b) With other priests
(c) In confession
(d) When the housekeeper has gone

8. What is taking its toll on the young priest?
(a) Gossip
(b) Money problems
(c) Stress
(d) The Bishop's admonitions

9. What does the young priest feel men must do to have honor and respect?
(a) Become a priest
(b) Go to confession
(c) Teach catechism
(d) Earn the right

10. What did the grocer send to the young priest?
(a) Ripe fruit
(b) Fresh baguettes
(c) Aged cheese
(d) Elderberry wine

11. What does the young priest feel about God in this difficult time?
(a) He will provide inspiration when the time is right
(b) He rejects Him
(c) He has abandoned him
(d) He is giving him the strength he needs

12. How is the Cure de Torcy's bedroom furnished?
(a) Spartanly
(b) Luxuriously
(c) Comfortably
(d) No furnishings

13. The Cure de Torcy says a priest should not so much seek __________________________ as to be honored and respected.
(a) to be loved
(b) compensation
(c) worldly goods
(d) to be emulated

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

15. What does the housekeeper demand right away?
(a) More time for lunch
(b) More money
(c) A bonus
(d) Better hours

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the young priest teach the children of the parish?

3. According to the young priest, most people have ____________________ for themselves.

4. At what point did the Cure de Torcy consider taking his own life?

5. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.

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