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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does Delbert Freeman yell out about Joe just before the sack race in Chapter 2?

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