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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Joe give to Dr. Wylie for his need to get tested for VD?
(a) All the pastors are getting tested these days.
(b) In case he wants to be a chaplain.
(c) He needs to get tested yearly to keep his church.
(d) Because the health inspector made him.

2. What does Dr. Wylie brag to Joe about after telling Joe he is 20 pounds overweight?
(a) Dr. Wylie brags that he is in great shape.
(b) Dr. Wylie brags that he can eat whatever he wants and does not gain weight.
(c) Dr. Wylie brags that he is an award winning soccer player.
(d) Dr. Wylie brags that he runs 5 miles twice a day.

3. What does Joe tell the new curate he gave up doing during his sermons?
(a) Singing.
(b) Gestures.
(c) Talking too much.
(d) Making eye contact with parishioners.

4. What thing that Joe had never seen does he liken the priesthood to in Chapter 18?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Flying saucers.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) The Easter Bunny.

5. Who enters when Joe is on the phone with Dom in Chapter 26?
(a) A State Board of Health Inspector.
(b) A Fire Marshall.
(c) A State Trooper.
(d) An angry parishioner.

6. Which of Bill’s dinner guests had dropped out of seminary?
(a) Conklin.
(b) Robert.
(c) Potter.
(d) Felix.

7. What does Joe injure while playing ball with Bill in Chapter 24?
(a) His knee.
(b) His hand.
(c) His thumb.
(d) His leg.

8. Who did Mrs. P. say spent the night while Joe was away?
(a) Conklin and Hennessy.
(b) Conklin and his mistress.
(c) Potter and Hennessy.
(d) Potter and Conklin.

9. Whose sermon does Father Joe listen to at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) Father Felix.
(b) Father Butler.
(c) Father Van Slaag.
(d) Father Bill.

10. What does Joe learn the curate cannot do in Chapter 13?
(a) Write longhand.
(b) Type.
(c) Read.
(d) Clean.

11. What does Joe do for Father Felix after his sermon in Chapter 16?
(a) Critiques his sermon.
(b) Has him take care of the accounting.
(c) Makes him breakfast.
(d) Makes him clean the study.

12. Why is Joe concerned about finding out Father Bill’s full name?
(a) He needs it for the church bulletin he is writing.
(b) He wants to see if he is related to the Archdiocese.
(c) He wants to be able to call him by his last name.
(d) He wants to do a background check on him.

13. In Chapter 26, the Inspector proceeds to read Joe regulations regarding the reporting of what health issue?
(a) The common cold.
(b) Measles cases.
(c) Flu cases.
(d) Venereal Disease.

14. Who does Lefty say is to blame for reporting him as a VD suspect?
(a) Father Felix.
(b) Conklin.
(c) Joe.
(d) Bill.

15. Who was upset about Conklin’s break up?
(a) Father Felix.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Potter.
(d) Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe feel alone when Bill’s friends first arrive for dinner in Chapter 16?

2. What reason does Joe give for why Brad was fired from the newspaper?

3. Who does Joe try to write a letter to after receiving the bad news of his assessment?

4. In what room does Bill choose to have his dinner party?

5. Why does Brad fault Joe for Greg not reporting for induction at the end of Chapter 25?

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