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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does 15-year-old Joe begin to do in his cellar over the summer in Chapter 3?
(a) Play music.
(b) Write about his life.
(c) Pray.
(d) Drink, smoke, and look at pornography.

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

4. Who wrote the novel Wheat that Springeth Green?
(a) J.D. Salinger.
(b) J.D. Powers
(c) J.P. Flowers.
(d) J.F. Powers.

5. What church is Joe appointed assistant in Chapter 6?
(a) Holy Cross.
(b) Church of the Holy Cross.
(c) Holy Faith.
(d) Holy Harmony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe discover about Father Van Slaag which makes him think he is a saint?

2. What does Joe regret he says about Father Slaag during a poker game at St. Isodoer’s in Chapter 6?

3. Who makes a date with Joe, but says it will cost him $20?

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

5. What does Father Stock tell Joe and Toohey that the new priests will be doing, which Joe disagrees with?

(see the answer key)

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