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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the neighbor Joe thinks about in Chapter 1 who does not like him?
(a) Frances.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Bobby.

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

3. What does Joe yell out to get the attention of one of the female party goers at his house in Chapter 1?
(a) Say cheese!
(b) Look at me!
(c) See me!
(d) I eat cheese!

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?

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

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

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