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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 Brad hope Joe will hold a prayer for in Chapter 9?
(a) The Vietnam war to end.
(b) The HR 369 bill.
(c) His son in the military.
(d) That Brad will get a better job.

2. What happens to Joe at the end of Chapter 3, which ends his relationship with Dora and Frances?
(a) He becomes a priest.
(b) He gets a track scholarship.
(c) He contracts an STD.
(d) He moves.

3. Why did some people think Joe’s transfer to Charities made no sense?
(a) They thought he had quit the priesthood.
(b) They thought he should be given a parish of his own.
(c) They thought he had died.
(d) They thought he should have been fired.

4. For which retiring pastor is Father Butler considering collecting a purse?
(a) Father Slaag.
(b) Father Day.
(c) Father Hackett.
(d) Father Stock.

5. What does the Rector give to Hrdlicka, which Joe convinces him to give to Joe before he leaves?
(a) The Rector’s bible.
(b) The Rector’s hair shirt.
(c) The Rector’s cross.
(d) The Rector’s robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lefty think might be responsible for the large annual gift Charities receives?

2. What does Joe drop on Catfish Toohey’s foot during the Easter play in Chapter 2?

3. Who is the neighbor Joe thinks about in Chapter 1 who does not like him?

4. What does Joe bring into his room so he can practice contemplation alone?

5. Why does Bob Rooney take on most of the responsibilities at his parish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe behave at the retreat in Chapter 4?

2. What does Father Stock tell Joe he will be doing during his first Mass in Chapter 5, and how does Joe feel about this?

3. What does Mr. Lane offer in order to get his children into the church school?

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

5. 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?

6. Who is Dora, introduced in Chapter 3?

7. In Chapter 2, why does Joe think he wants to be like his Uncle Bobby when he grows up?

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 offer to give Joe for his church bulletin in Chapter 9?

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

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