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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 - 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe’s mother say when he says he wants to be either a priest or a businessman?
(a) Joe’s mother tells him to be a priest.
(b) Joe’s mother tells him not to be either.
(c) Joe’s mother tells him to be both, like Father Stock.
(d) Joe’s mother tells him to be a businessman.

2. Why does Joe feel alone when Bill’s friends first arrive for dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Nobody will talk to him.
(b) Bill asks him to stay in his room while his friends are there.
(c) Father Felix joins them in Bill’s from for drinks, leaving Joe alone to watch the game.
(d) Joe wants them to watch the game, but they say the do not like baseball.

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

4. What do people stop doing because they take Father Felix's sermon to heart?
(a) Donating to the church.
(b) Cleaning their houses.
(c) Working at all.
(d) Shopping at Great Badger on the Sabbath.

5. Who arrives at the annual retreat in a “flashy Black Chrysler” (206)?
(a) Mooney.
(b) Joe.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Cooney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brad say he has landed a new job?

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

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 baseball team does Joe like to watch?

5. What does Joe tell Father Butler he is going to do at the end of Chapter 7?

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