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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe tell Father Butler he is going to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Quite the priesthood.
(b) Write a check.
(c) Visit Paddy.
(d) Loan him money.

2. For what reason does Lefty suggest Joe was sent to Charities?
(a) Because the Archdiocese wanted to punish him.
(b) Because the Archdiocese thought it would be an easy place for Joe to work.
(c) Because the Archdiocese thought Joe and Paddy would get along.
(d) Because Joe came from wealth and the Archdiocese wanted him to see another kind of life.

3. What does Joe find on his ankles at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Rope burn.
(b) Bug bites.
(c) Dog bites.
(d) Cuts.

4. What is Brad's, who calls Joe at the beginning of Chapter 9, occupation?
(a) Pastor.
(b) Officer.
(c) Lawmaker.
(d) Reporter.

5. Who makes a date with Joe, but says it will cost him $20?
(a) Dinah.
(b) Doreen.
(c) Doris.
(d) Dora.

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

7. For which retiring pastor is Father Butler considering collecting a purse?
(a) Father Stock.
(b) Father Day.
(c) Father Hackett.
(d) Father Slaag.

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

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

10. What does the housekeeper’s dog, Boots, do to passersby?
(a) He chases them.
(b) He lets them pet him.
(c) He barks incessantly.
(d) He bites their ankles.

11. What does Joe see in the beginning of Chapter 4 in the Rector’s study while his is a seminarian?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A pile of empty beer cans.
(c) A pornographic magazine.
(d) A hair shirt.

12. Why does Joe think his church has been singled out for after Brad’s article is published?
(a) Being anti-war.
(b) Being anti-American.
(c) Being the only church holding prayer for HR 369.
(d) Being the only church to not hold prayer for HR 369.

13. 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).

14. What happens to Joe at the end of Chapter 3, which ends his relationship with Dora and Frances?
(a) He moves.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He gets a track scholarship.
(d) He contracts an STD.

15. Which young priest visits Father Joe at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Ed Butler.
(b) Frank Butler.
(c) Lefty Beeman.
(d) William Edwards.

Short Answer 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).

2. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?

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

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

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

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