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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 causes more and more distress for the young priest?
(a) Family illness
(b) Letters from home
(c) Stomach pains
(d) His old clothes

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

3. What does the young priest learn about his friend, Duprety?
(a) He has died
(b) He has a terminal illness
(c) He is no longer working as a priest
(d) He has been transferred to another parish

4. How do the parishioners overcome their boredom?
(a) Dancing
(b) Playing cards
(c) Staying busy
(d) Reading

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject is painted on the oleograph in the Cure de Torcy's oratory?

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

3. Who is Sulpice Mitonnet?

4. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest?

5. The young priest thinks that the elder priests _________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louis Duprety?

2. What are the young priest's feelings about the sacrament of confession?

3. Explain the embarrassing situation the priest has with a local grocer.

4. How does the young priest try to find a purpose for himself at the parish?

5. What information does Mlle Louise share with the priest and how does he feel about knowing it?

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

7. In addition to the injustice seen in Dr. Delbende's life, how else does the author show the theme of injustice in this chapter?

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

9. Explain the perceptions the young priest has of the people in the parish.

10. How does the priest feel about the decision to hire a housekeeper?

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