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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 does Joe ask why God does bad things at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) His mother.
(b) His pastor.
(c) Uncle Bobby.
(d) Ivy.

2. What happens to the Rector the day Joe was to return his hair shirt?
(a) He is transferred to a new church.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He leaves the church.
(d) He changes his mind about the shirt.

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

4. What does Joe excel at in Immaculata High School?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Track.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, who is the other new priest with Joe as Father Stock tells them the order of the next day’s Mass?

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

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

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

5. Who is young Joe saying goodbye to in Chapter 1?

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