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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who sends the young priest two hundred francs?
(a) Uncle Richard
(b) His mother
(c) The Altar Society
(d) Aunt Philomene

4. What does Mlle Louise tell the priest about Mlle Chantal?
(a) She is not studying at all
(b) She is boy crazy
(c) She is becoming more difficult
(d) She is smoking in her room

5. What does the young priest teach the children of the parish?
(a) Volleyball
(b) Soccer
(c) Music
(d) Catechism

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest realize is leading him during his time with Mlle Chantal?

2. About what sacrament does the young priest wonder regarding his parishioners intentions?

3. What is the nature of Louis Duprety's letter to the young priest?

4. What does the young priest buy when the cleaning lady starts?

5. The young priest says his parishioners are _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Curé de Torcy and how does he advise the young priest?

2. Explain Dr. Delbende's position on religion as he explains it to the young priest.

3. How has the young priest come to think about his parish so far?

4. Explain how the Dean of Blangermont lectures to the young priest about balancing religion and business.

5. What are the supernatural events that occur during Mlle Chantal's confession?

6. Who is Mlle Louise?

7. What role does his diary fill in the life of the young priest?

8. What budget-related decision has the young priest reversed?

9. Where is the young priest's parish and how long has he been there?

10. What is the premise of the novel, The Diary of a Country Priest?

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