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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Delbert Freeman yell out about Joe just before the sack race in Chapter 2?
(a) Delbert says Joe is a loser.
(b) Delbert says Joe’s dad is a bootlegger.
(c) Delbert says Joe’s uncle is a thief.
(d) Delbert makes fun of Joe’s short stature.

2. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?
(a) He slaps it out of the man’s hand.
(b) He brings the man to the rectory and gives him money.
(c) He offers to help him get a job.
(d) He tells him it’s on the house.

3. Who carries Joe upstairs to his room in Chapter 1?
(a) Joe’s father.
(b) Joe’s mother.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Uncle Bobby.

4. What does the housekeeper’s dog, Boots, do to passersby?
(a) He barks incessantly.
(b) He chases them.
(c) He lets them pet him.
(d) He bites their ankles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joe bring into his room so he can practice contemplation alone?

3. What “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?

4. Who does Joe ask why God does bad things at the end of Chapter 1?

5. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?

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