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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news do they receive just before the retreat is over?
(a) Father Stock has died.
(b) Joe is being relocated.
(c) Many of the priests have been fired.
(d) The assessments for the Archdiocesan Renewal Fund have been sent.

2. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?
(a) Father Stock.
(b) Father Day.
(c) Father Slaag.
(d) Toohey.

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

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

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

6. Why do Lefty and Joe become sudden heroes in Chapter 27?
(a) For stopping an attempted robbery at Great Badger.
(b) For leaving the priesthood because of their disillusionment with the financial side of things.
(c) For joining the army to fight for their country.
(d) They managed to raise enough money to save their churches.

7. What does the Archbishop tell Joe he would like to do soon when they run into each other at the barbershop in Chapter 28?
(a) Make a large donation.
(b) Bless his new rectory.
(c) Be a hero like Joe.
(d) Cut Joe’s hair himself.

8. Who does Joe find also attending the blessing in addition to cheerleaders?
(a) Photographers.
(b) TV News anchors.
(c) Parishioners.
(d) Joe’s parents.

9. In what room does Bill choose to have his dinner party?
(a) The study.
(b) His room.
(c) The dining room.
(d) Joe’s room.

10. Who arrives at the annual retreat in a “flashy Black Chrysler” (206)?
(a) Cooney.
(b) Mooney.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Joe.

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

12. What is Joe doing on the phone with Dom in Chapter 26?
(a) Reserving a barstool for later.
(b) Asking if he has seen Bill.
(c) Making a liquor order.
(d) Placing a bet.

13. What are Brad’s feeling about the war according to Joe in Chapter 25?
(a) Joe says Brad is very enthusiastic about the war.
(b) Joe says Brad is not aware of the war.
(c) Joe says the Brad is against the war.
(d) Joe says Brad wishes he could fight in the war.

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

15. In Chapter 17, what does Potter suggest creates a barrier between priests and regular people?
(a) Their drinking.
(b) Celibacy.
(c) Their holiness.
(d) Their clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is happening at Badger liquor store when Lefty and Joe arrive in Chapter 27?

3. What does the health inspector tell Joe he is suspected of in Chapter 26?

4. What is one of Joe’s criticisms of the new curates first Mass in Chapter 12?

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

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