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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the HR 369 bill fund if passed?
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Munitions.
(d) Law enforcement.

2. During a lecture, Joe asks how to make what as attractive as sex to the common man?
(a) Becoming a priest.
(b) Sanctity.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Church going.

3. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?
(a) A cup of water.
(b) A silver dollar.
(c) A slice of cheese.
(d) A clock.

4. What occupation is Joe considering at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Barber.
(d) Business man.

5. What newspaper article, regarding Joe’s father’s truck business, makes Joe’s dad sick in Chapter 2?
(a) Truckers have gone on strike.
(b) Uncle Bobby sold the business.
(c) His truck has been seized with a load of Canadian whiskey.
(d) Uncle Bobby has stolen his truck and cannot be found.

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

7. What is Father Stock’s nickname at church?
(a) Dollar Bill.
(b) Father Money.
(c) Father Dough.
(d) Stocks and Bonds.

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

9. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?
(a) He offers to help him get a job.
(b) He tells him it’s on the house.
(c) He slaps it out of the man’s hand.
(d) He brings the man to the rectory and gives him money.

10. Who does Joe ask why God does bad things at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Uncle Bobby.
(b) His pastor.
(c) His mother.
(d) Ivy.

11. What does Joe bring into his room so he can practice contemplation alone?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A footstool.
(c) A prie-dieu.
(d) A desk.

12. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?
(a) Contemplation vs. doing the job of a priest.
(b) Secular vs. religious clergy.
(c) The role of church in the community.
(d) How to raise money for the church.

13. What holiday is it at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year’s Eve.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

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

15. What family, that Joe helped get a home in the suburbs, lives right near the Inglenook dump?
(a) The Days.
(b) The Bradfords.
(c) The Gurriers.
(d) The Greens.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Joe excel at in Immaculata High School?

4. What does Joe yell out to get the attention of one of the female party goers at his house in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Father Felix?

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