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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe see in the beginning of Chapter 4 in the Rector’s study while his is a seminarian?
(a) A pornographic magazine.
(b) A bottle of whiskey.
(c) A pile of empty beer cans.
(d) A hair shirt.

2. Why does Joe feel he is being blamed for the Rector’s death in Chapter 4?
(a) Because they feel the Rector would have lived if he was wearing the hair shirt.
(b) Because not giving back the shirt caused the Rector too much grief.
(c) Because he was the last person to see the Rector alive.
(d) Because he did not take the hair shirt off.

3. What nickname does Joe receive at seminary because of his behavior?
(a) Quiet Joe.
(b) Know-it-all Joe.
(c) Arrogant Joe.
(d) Holy Joe.

4. What is Father Stock’s nickname at church?
(a) Father Money.
(b) Dollar Bill.
(c) Stocks and Bonds.
(d) Father Dough.

5. Who gets upset with Joe during a class gathering when Joe says that the “priest’s life....has to be rooted in contemplation” (71)?
(a) Rooney.
(b) Toohey.
(c) Mooney.
(d) Cooney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe offer Father Stock in the hopes he will change his mind about a second collection at Mass?

2. What does Joe do at first when Father Stock hands him the basket to take up a collection?

3. Why does Joe feel his appointment at Holy Faith makes sense?

4. What does Joe yell out to get the attention of one of the female party goers at his house in Chapter 1?

5. Who wrote the novel Wheat that Springeth Green?

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