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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a slightly drunk Father Felix chastise Joe for at the dinner party in Chapter 17?
(a) Covering up the flowers with sod.
(b) Being hard on Bill.
(c) Being too uptight.
(d) Being rude to parishioners.

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

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

4. Who picks Conklin up after dinner in Chapter 18?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His sister.

5. What bothers Joe about the curate’s attire at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) It is too casual.
(b) It does not match.
(c) It is too formal.
(d) It is ill-fitting.

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

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

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

9. Where does Joe learn Mr. Barnes is now working after being fired from the Licensed Vinters?
(a) The ball park.
(b) Hedblad’s.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) Badger.

10. Who does Joe find out will be coming to the Archbishop’s blessing, much to his dismay?
(a) Mr. Lane’s Cheerleaders.
(b) Toohey.
(c) Jugglers.
(d) The Archbishop.

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

12. 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) Join the army, but continue his education as Joe had suggested.
(d) Go to college so he did not have to fight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Bill tell Father Felix for why Conklin will not marry the women who picked him up at dinner?

2. What does Joe drink in his bathroom in the morning the Archbishop is arriving for the blessing?

3. Why does Bill say he cannot leave his friends behind?

4. When Joe returns to the rectory after the retreat, who is missing?

5. Who does Joe call to try to find out the curate’s full name?

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