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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 offer Father Stock in the hopes he will change his mind about a second collection at Mass?
(a) $5000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1000.
(d) $2500.

2. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?
(a) He tells him it’s on the house.
(b) He offers to help him get a job.
(c) He slaps it out of the man’s hand.
(d) He brings the man to the rectory and gives him money.

3. Why were people annoyed with Joe during his last years at seminary as explained at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) He played music too loud.
(b) He had a “holier than thou attitude” (66).
(c) He talked incessantly.
(d) He was lazy.

4. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?
(a) How to raise money for the church.
(b) The role of church in the community.
(c) Secular vs. religious clergy.
(d) Contemplation vs. doing the job of a priest.

5. What happens to Joe at the end of Chapter 3, which ends his relationship with Dora and Frances?
(a) He contracts an STD.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He gets a track scholarship.
(d) He moves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?

2. What does the housekeeper’s dog, Boots, do to passersby?

3. What does Joe’s mother say when he says he wants to be either a priest or a businessman?

4. Who carries Joe upstairs to his room in Chapter 1?

5. What occupation is Joe considering at the start of Chapter 2?

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