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

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

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).
(a) The Blessed Mother.
(b) Priests.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Saints.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?
(a) See Me.
(b) Look at Me.
(c) Uncle Bobby.
(d) I eat cheese!.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Father Stock’s nickname at church?

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

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