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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?
(a) A silver dollar.
(b) A slice of cheese.
(c) A clock.
(d) A cup of water.

2. What year is it at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1941.

3. What is Father Stock’s nickname at church?
(a) Dollar Bill.
(b) Stocks and Bonds.
(c) Father Dough.
(d) Father Money.

4. What church is Joe appointed assistant in Chapter 6?
(a) Church of the Holy Cross.
(b) Holy Faith.
(c) Holy Cross.
(d) Holy Harmony.

5. What does Joe tell Father Butler he is going to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Loan him money.
(b) Write a check.
(c) Visit Paddy.
(d) Quite the priesthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which priest is Joe assistant to in Chapter 6?

2. At the start of Chapter 5, who is the other new priest with Joe as Father Stock tells them the order of the next day’s Mass?

3. What does Joe offer Father Stock in the hopes he will change his mind about a second collection at Mass?

4. What does Joe do at first when Father Stock hands him the basket to take up a collection?

5. Who carries Joe upstairs to his room in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sister Agatha tell Joe about being a a secular priest rather than a priest in the religious order?

2. Describe Joe and Ivy’s conversation about God at the end of Chapter 1.

3. Why does Joe come to believe Father Slaag is a true saint In Chapter 6?

4. Who is Dora, introduced in Chapter 3?

5. Why does Joe think his appointment with Father Slaag makes perfect sense?

6. Describe Joe’s confession to Father Day in Chapter 8.

7. What does Ed Butler discuss with Joe in Chapter 7, and what is Joe’s advice?

8. What happens when Joe contracts and STD at the end of Chapter 3?

9. What is Joe’s impression of the new curate when he arrives in Chapter 11?

10. What does Brad’s pastor tell Joe at the end of Chapter 9?

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