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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the neighbor Joe thinks about in Chapter 1 who does not like him?
(a) Frances.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Bobby.

2. What “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?
(a) St. James.
(b) St. Isidore’s.
(c) St. John Bosco’s.
(d) St. Isabella’s.

3. What does Joe’s mother say when he says he wants to be either a priest or a businessman?
(a) Joe’s mother tells him to be a priest.
(b) Joe’s mother tells him to be a businessman.
(c) Joe’s mother tells him not to be either.
(d) Joe’s mother tells him to be both, like Father Stock.

4. During a lecture, Joe asks how to make what as attractive as sex to the common man?
(a) Becoming a priest.
(b) Church going.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Sanctity.

5. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?
(a) Father Knight.
(b) Father Slaag.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Father Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Joe think he would marry if he followed his Uncle Bobby’s footsteps?

3. Who does Joe ask why God does bad things at the end of Chapter 1?

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

5. What does Sister Agatha tell Joe to be instead of a priest of the religious order?

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