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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 “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?
(a) St. Isabella’s.
(b) St. James.
(c) St. Isidore’s.
(d) St. John Bosco’s.

2. Why does Joe feel he is being blamed for the Rector’s death in Chapter 4?
(a) Because they feel the Rector would have lived if he was wearing the hair shirt.
(b) Because not giving back the shirt caused the Rector too much grief.
(c) Because he did not take the hair shirt off.
(d) Because he was the last person to see the Rector alive.

3. Why does Bob Rooney take on most of the responsibilities at his parish?
(a) His pastor has a drinking problem.
(b) He is a control freak.
(c) He is a perfectionist.
(d) His pastor thinks that is his job.

4. Who leaves the seminary to join the Trappists in Chapter 4?
(a) Mooney.
(b) Toohey.
(c) Cooney.
(d) Hrdlicka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Joe receive at seminary because of his behavior?

2. What does Joe regret he says about Father Slaag during a poker game at St. Isodoer’s in Chapter 6?

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

4. What does 15-year-old Joe begin to do in his cellar over the summer in Chapter 3?

5. What newspaper article, regarding Joe’s father’s truck business, makes Joe’s dad sick in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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