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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?
(a) St. Isabella’s.
(b) St. John Bosco’s.
(c) St. Isidore’s.
(d) St. James.

2. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?
(a) See Me.
(b) Look at Me.
(c) Uncle Bobby.
(d) I eat cheese!.

3. Who leaves the seminary to join the Trappists in Chapter 4?
(a) Mooney.
(b) Cooney.
(c) Hrdlicka.
(d) Toohey.

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

5. Where does Joe go for confession with Father Day in Chapter 8?
(a) His study.
(b) Joe’s rectory.
(c) Father Day’s parish.
(d) The hospital.

6. What was the new pastor talking about when young Joe asked his father what she wants in church?
(a) Sunday Mass.
(b) Dollar-A-Sunday club.
(c) Catechism.
(d) Sunday school.

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

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

9. What does Joe drop on Catfish Toohey’s foot during the Easter play in Chapter 2?
(a) The cross.
(b) A microphone.
(c) A brick.
(d) A block of wood.

10. What information about the curate is Joe not told by anyone and unable to obtain in Chapter 10 ?
(a) His experience with the church.
(b) His name.
(c) Where he is coming from.
(d) His age.

11. Who is Father Felix?
(a) The director of Joe’s church.
(b) The monk who helps Joe on weekends.
(c) A friend from Joe’s days at seminary.
(d) Joe’s new curate.

12. What happens to the Rector the day Joe was to return his hair shirt?
(a) He leaves the church.
(b) He is transferred to a new church.
(c) He changes his mind about the shirt.
(d) He has a heart attack.

13. Where does Joe learn “what the world was like, what he’d be up against if he became a priest” (28)?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Church.
(c) Hedblad’s.
(d) The ballpark.

14. 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 brings the man to the rectory and gives him money.
(d) He slaps it out of the man’s hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?

2. What does Joe discuss with Buzz at the Little John Lounge, which he worries about the next morning?

3. Where was Father Joe sent after his time at Holy Faith?

4. What does Joe begin to carry to fend off Boots?

5. What does Joe discover about Father Van Slaag which makes him think he is a saint?

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