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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What church is Joe appointed assistant in Chapter 6?
(a) Holy Harmony.
(b) Church of the Holy Cross.
(c) Holy Faith.
(d) Holy Cross.

3. Why does Joe feel his appointment at Holy Faith makes sense?
(a) He and Father Slaag are some of the few contemplatives.
(b) He knows Father Slaag.
(c) His parents had donated to Holy Faith.
(d) It is the best church and Joe was the best seminarian.

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

5. Who does Joe think he would marry if he followed his Uncle Bobby’s footsteps?
(a) Frances.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Agatha.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Joe see in the beginning of Chapter 4 in the Rector’s study while his is a seminarian?

4. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?

5. What does the housekeeper’s dog, Boots, do to passersby?

(see the answer key)

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