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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brad say he has landed a new job?
(a) The local community college.
(b) Great Badger Liquor store.
(c) Great Badger’s Shopping News paper.
(d) Vietnam.

2. Who visits Joe regarding Greg in Chapter 25?
(a) The local police.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Brad.

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

4. How does Joe finally learn the new curate’s first name?
(a) The curate receives a letter with his name on it.
(b) The curate tells Joe his name.
(c) Father Felix tells Joe his name.
(d) Someone calls and asks for Bill.

5. What does Father Demetrius spend most of the retreat talking about?
(a) The attendance problem at his conferences.
(b) Stories from the penitentiary.
(c) The decline of the priesthood.
(d) Stories from his childhood.

6. How does Joe tell Cooney he might attempt to get more money for his church after the assessment?
(a) He is considering going after delinquent parishioners.
(b) He will take up a special collection.
(c) He will increase the fee for the Annual Offering System.
(d) He will begin a Dollar-a-Sunday Club.

7. What baseball team does Joe like to watch?
(a) The White Sox.
(b) The Yankees.
(c) The Red Sox.
(d) The Twins.

8. Who does Joe begin to visit in the evenings at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) Delinquent parishioners.
(b) The wealthiest parishioners.
(c) Father Day.
(d) The Archdiocese.

9. Tom, the FBI agent, asks Joe why Greg did not do what in Chapter 25?
(a) Fight for his country.
(b) Register as a conscientious objector.
(c) Go to college so he did not have to fight.
(d) Join the army, but continue his education as Joe had suggested.

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

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

12. Who is sent to the hospital just before the retreat’s end in Chapter 19?
(a) Joe.
(b) Monsignor Egan.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Cooney.

13. 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) An angry parishioner.
(d) A State Trooper.

14. Why is Barb worried about her son Greg in Chapter 23?
(a) He will not help around the house.
(b) He quit his job.
(c) He refuses to go to war.
(d) He is getting bad grades in school.

15. Why does Joe feel alone when Bill’s friends first arrive for dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Bill asks him to stay in his room while his friends are there.
(b) Joe wants them to watch the game, but they say the do not like baseball.
(c) Nobody will talk to him.
(d) Father Felix joins them in Bill’s from for drinks, leaving Joe alone to watch the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thing that Joe had never seen does he liken the priesthood to in Chapter 18?

2. Where does Joe learn Mr. Barnes is now working after being fired from the Licensed Vinters?

3. Who has left a note with Father Bill’s full name on Joe’s desk?

4. What is Joe doing on the phone with Dom in Chapter 26?

5. Why does Joe think Bill looks down on the people of their parish?

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