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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 businessman.
(b) Joe’s mother tells him not to be either.
(c) Joe’s mother tells him to be both, like Father Stock.
(d) Joe’s mother tells him to be a priest.

2. Where does Joe learn “what the world was like, what he’d be up against if he became a priest” (28)?
(a) Church.
(b) The cellar.
(c) Hedblad’s.
(d) The ballpark.

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

4. What newspaper article, regarding Joe’s father’s truck business, makes Joe’s dad sick in Chapter 2?
(a) Uncle Bobby has stolen his truck and cannot be found.
(b) His truck has been seized with a load of Canadian whiskey.
(c) Truckers have gone on strike.
(d) Uncle Bobby sold the business.

5. What does Sister Agatha tell Joe to be instead of a priest of the religious order?
(a) A secular priest.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A business man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?

3. Who does Joe feel are “in a class by themselves...[having] the power to turn water and wine into [the Lord’s] body” (10).

4. Who does Joe realize has been hiding behind a curtain while he was with Dora in Chapter 3?

5. What was the new pastor talking about when young Joe asked his father what she wants in church?

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