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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Joe begin to carry to fend off Boots?
(a) Dog treats.
(b) A whistle.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A cane.

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

5. What does Joe do at first when Father Stock hands him the basket to take up a collection?
(a) He tells the church he thinks this is absurd.
(b) He throws the basket on the floor and runs off.
(c) He does what is expected of him.
(d) He hides in a bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation is Joe considering at the start of Chapter 2?

2. Who is the neighbor Joe thinks about in Chapter 1 who does not like him?

3. What does Father Stock tell Joe and Toohey that the new priests will be doing, which Joe disagrees with?

4. What does Joe’s mother say when he says he wants to be either a priest or a businessman?

5. Who leaves the seminary to join the Trappists in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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