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

2. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?
(a) Father Day.
(b) Father Slaag.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Father Knight.

3. What does Joe discover about Father Van Slaag which makes him think he is a saint?
(a) He prays day and night.
(b) He takes no money from parishioners.
(c) His knees are very calloused and he has wounds from Mrs. Cox’ dog on his ankles.
(d) He gives all collection money to the poor.

4. What happens to the Rector the day Joe was to return his hair shirt?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He leaves the church.
(c) He changes his mind about the shirt.
(d) He is transferred to a new church.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gets upset with Joe during a class gathering when Joe says that the “priest’s life....has to be rooted in contemplation” (71)?

3. Why does Bob Rooney take on most of the responsibilities at his parish?

4. What does Delbert Freeman yell out about Joe just before the sack race in Chapter 2?

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

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