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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 was the new pastor talking about when young Joe asked his father what she wants in church?
(a) Catechism.
(b) Dollar-A-Sunday club.
(c) Sunday Mass.
(d) Sunday school.

2. Who does Joe realize has been hiding behind a curtain while he was with Dora in Chapter 3?
(a) Rex.
(b) Frances.
(c) Joe’s ex-girlfriend.
(d) A stranger.

3. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?
(a) A cup of water.
(b) A clock.
(c) A slice of cheese.
(d) A silver dollar.

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

5. Who does Joe feel are “in a class by themselves...[having] the power to turn water and wine into [the Lord’s] body” (10).
(a) Priests.
(b) Saints.
(c) The Blessed Mother.
(d) Nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe yell out to get the attention of one of the female party goers at his house in Chapter 1?

2. What happens to Joe at the end of Chapter 3, which ends his relationship with Dora and Frances?

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

4. Who wrote the novel Wheat that Springeth Green?

5. Where does Joe learn “what the world was like, what he’d be up against if he became a priest” (28)?

(see the answer key)

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