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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 information about the curate is Joe not told by anyone and unable to obtain in Chapter 10 ?
(a) His age.
(b) Where he is coming from.
(c) His experience with the church.
(d) His name.

2. What does Joe find on his ankles at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Rope burn.
(b) Dog bites.
(c) Bug bites.
(d) Cuts.

3. Why does Joe feel his appointment at Holy Faith makes sense?
(a) He knows Father Slaag.
(b) It is the best church and Joe was the best seminarian.
(c) His parents had donated to Holy Faith.
(d) He and Father Slaag are some of the few contemplatives.

4. What is Brad's, who calls Joe at the beginning of Chapter 9, occupation?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Officer.
(d) Lawmaker.

5. Who makes a date with Joe, but says it will cost him $20?
(a) Doreen.
(b) Doris.
(c) Dora.
(d) Dinah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the HR 369 bill fund if passed?

2. What does new potential parishioner Mr. Lane try to use his money to get from Joe?

3. For what reason do they keep Paddy on as Director despite him not being at the church often?

4. What newspaper article, regarding Joe’s father’s truck business, makes Joe’s dad sick in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe’s relationship with the Rector’s hair shirt in Chapter 4?

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

3. What does Joe’s dad tell the party goers that Joe asked him while listening to the priest discuss the Dollar-A-Sunday club at church?

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

5. Who is Jim Gurrier, introduced in Chapter 8?

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

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

8. Why does Lefty feel Joe is in line to be next Director at Charities, and how does this leave Joe feeling?

9. What does Brad call Joe asking if he will have his parishioners pray for in Chapter 9?

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

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