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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What torments the priest at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) His inability to pray
(b) The vindictive parishioners
(c) The suicide of Dr. Delbende
(d) The gossiping girls

2. What does the canon warn the priest about regarding Mlle Chantal?
(a) She is hysterical about her mother's death
(b) She plans to make a big scene at the funeral
(c) Different stories about her meetings with the priest
(d) She has a contagious disease

3. The priest gets a revelation that he received his calling at _______________________.
(a) the Vatican
(b) during catechism
(c) Bethlehem
(d) the Garden of Gethsemane

4. What is the only beverage the priest drinks now?
(a) Water
(b) Tea
(c) Wine
(d) Coffee

5. What does the priest now think is the source of his pain?
(a) Stomach
(b) Kidneys
(c) Lungs
(d) Heart

6. Why does the Cure de Torcy scold the priest regarding Mme la Comtesse?
(a) For not hearing the woman's confession
(b) For not giving the woman the Last Rites
(c) For not writing down the notes from the meeting
(d) For letting her throw the memento of her son into the fire

7. Where is the priest at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The doctor's office
(b) Saying mass
(c) A pub
(d) At home

8. How does the priest keep track of recent events?
(a) Records them
(b) Dictates to a secretary
(c) Writes on napkins and scraps of paper
(d) Writes them in his diary

9. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest about his stomach pains?
(a) It is all in his head
(b) He should eat better
(c) He should see a specialist
(d) He should take an antacid

10. How does the priest injure his fingers and arm?
(a) Washing dishes in scalding water
(b) Trying to retrieve the medallion from the fire
(c) Chopping wood
(d) Using a very sharp kitchen knife

11. What does the priest tell Mme la Comtesse about her daughter?
(a) She has run away
(b) She is in love with a boy at school
(c) She is pregnant
(d) She may try to harm herself

12. What does the canon see on the priest's kitchen table?
(a) A bowl of fruit
(b) A diary
(c) A bottle of wine
(d) Dirty dishes

13. What does the doctor advise the priest to eat?
(a) Milk and water with sugar
(b) Pasta
(c) Lemonade
(d) Bread

14. What does Mme la Comtesse throw into the fire?
(a) Dinner scraps
(b) Her wine glass
(c) Kindling
(d) Her medallion

15. Who comes to catechism class with a limp?
(a) Sulpice
(b) Mlle Chantal
(c) Mlle Louise
(d) Seraphita

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the priest meet on the road to Mezargues?

2. With whom had Mme la Comtesse made peace before her death?

3. How does Mlle Chantal behave toward the priest?

4. What does Mlle Chantal do at the priest's house before he leaves for Lille?

5. Where does the doctor examine the priest?

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