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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets upset with Joe during a class gathering when Joe says that the “priest’s life....has to be rooted in contemplation” (71)?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Cooney.
(c) Mooney.
(d) Rooney.

2. 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) Hedblad’s.
(c) Church.
(d) The ballpark.

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

4. What does Joe offer Father Stock in the hopes he will change his mind about a second collection at Mass?
(a) $1000.
(b) $5000.
(c) $500.
(d) $2500.

5. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?
(a) Father Day.
(b) Father Slaag.
(c) Father Knight.
(d) Father Stock.

6. How many years does Joe spend at Archdiocesan Charities?
(a) 17.
(b) 7.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

7. What good news does Joe get at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) He can take a vacation.
(b) The church has received a large anonymous donation.
(c) He will have a curate.
(d) He can retire.

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

9. Which priest takes Joe around at the race and has a few too many drinks?
(a) Father Stock.
(b) Father Freeman.
(c) Father Day.
(d) Father Bill.

10. What does new potential parishioner Mr. Lane try to use his money to get from Joe?
(a) His wife a spot in the church choir.
(b) Weekly front row seats at church.
(c) A position in the church.
(d) His children’s enrollment in the church school.

11. What does Brad hope Joe will hold a prayer for in Chapter 9?
(a) The HR 369 bill.
(b) His son in the military.
(c) That Brad will get a better job.
(d) The Vietnam war to end.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information about the curate is Joe not told by anyone and unable to obtain in Chapter 10 ?

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

3. What does Joe find on his ankles at the end of Chapter 6?

4. Why does Joe feel his appointment at Holy Faith makes sense?

5. Which young priest visits Father Joe at the start of Chapter 7?

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