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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does 15-year-old Joe begin to do in his cellar over the summer in Chapter 3?
(a) Play music.
(b) Pray.
(c) Drink, smoke, and look at pornography.
(d) Write about his life.

2. What does Joe excel at in Immaculata High School?
(a) English.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Math.
(d) Track.

3. Why were people annoyed with Joe during his last years at seminary as explained at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) He was lazy.
(b) He played music too loud.
(c) He talked incessantly.
(d) He had a “holier than thou attitude” (66).

4. What does Joe discuss with Buzz at the Little John Lounge, which he worries about the next morning?
(a) Joe’s disdain for working at Charities.
(b) New letterhead for Charities.
(c) Joe’s problem with a lot of the other pastors.
(d) Joe’s problems with Paddy.

5. 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) It is the best church and Joe was the best seminarian.
(d) His parents had donated to Holy Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe offer Father Stock in the hopes he will change his mind about a second collection at Mass?

2. What type of transportation does the new curate arrive in in Chapter 11?

3. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?

4. What does Brad hope Joe will hold a prayer for in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Joe learn “what the world was like, what he’d be up against if he became a priest” (28)?

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