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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Stock tell Joe and Toohey that the new priests will be doing, which Joe disagrees with?
(a) Taking up a special collection.
(b) Going door to door to collect money after Mass.
(c) Recruiting new, wealthy parishioners.
(d) Sitting quietly and observing Mass.

2. What does Joe tell Tom he will do if he finds out his phones have been tapped?
(a) Joe tells Tom he will pray for him.
(b) Joe tells Tom he will sue him.
(c) Joe tells Tom he will beat him up.
(d) Joe tells Tom he will deny everything.

3. What does Joe learn happened to Brad the previous day when Joe visits to tell them he heard from Greg?
(a) Brad moved out.
(b) Brad joined the army.
(c) Brad found Greg.
(d) Brad had been fired.

4. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Father Day.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Father Slaag.

5. What does a slightly drunk Father Felix chastise Joe for at the dinner party in Chapter 17?
(a) Covering up the flowers with sod.
(b) Being too uptight.
(c) Being hard on Bill.
(d) Being rude to parishioners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sermon does Father Joe listen to at the start of Chapter 16?

2. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?

3. Why do Joe and Bill begin to visit rectories in person in Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 17, what does Potter suggest creates a barrier between priests and regular people?

5. Why does Joe think Bill looks down on the people of their parish?

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