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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Joe bring Bill until he realizes Bill is not really interested?
(a) Bars.
(b) Baseball games.
(c) Movies.
(d) Restaurants.

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

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

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

5. 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) They managed to raise enough money to save their churches.
(d) For joining the army to fight for their country.

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

7. How long does Joe have to prove he does not have VD?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

8. What does Joe drink in his bathroom in the morning the Archbishop is arriving for the blessing?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Beer.

9. Where is Bill when he calls Joe during dinner?
(a) Conklin’s mistress’s house.
(b) Bow Wow.
(c) Potter’s.
(d) Conklin’s.

10. Why do Joe and Bill begin to visit rectories in person in Chapter 15?
(a) So Joe can show off his new curate.
(b) To find a new place for Joe to work.
(c) To find Father Felix a new place since he is no longer needed.
(d) To find a new place for Bill to work.

11. What does Joe finally tell the new curate he has yet to tell Joe in Chapter 13?
(a) Who sent him to St. Francis.
(b) Where he went to seminary.
(c) His name.
(d) Where he is from.

12. Where does Joe go at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) To visit a friend in the hospital.
(b) Canada.
(c) His parent’s house in Florida.
(d) His annual retreat.

13. What is one of Joe’s criticisms of the new curates first Mass in Chapter 12?
(a) He was too casual.
(b) He forgot to introduce himself.
(c) He was too loud.
(d) He spoke to fast.

14. What church does Bill admit to Joe he had hoped to be sent to because he had taught catechism there?
(a) Holy Faith.
(b) Holy Cross.
(c) Charities.
(d) St. Joe’s.

15. Where is Greg according to the postcard Joe receives from him in Chapter 25?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?

2. Who does Lefty say is to blame for reporting him as a VD suspect?

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

4. Why did Conklin and his mistress break up?

5. Who does Lefty tell Joe had actually contracted VD?

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