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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 the Archbishop tell Joe he would like to do soon when they run into each other at the barbershop in Chapter 28?
(a) Be a hero like Joe.
(b) Cut Joe’s hair himself.
(c) Make a large donation.
(d) Bless his new rectory.

2. Why does Lefty Beeman call Joe at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) To find out if Joe has received his assessment.
(b) To ask Joe for money.
(c) To see if he has seen Potter.
(d) To tell him about his assessment.

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

4. Why does Joe think Bill looks down on the people of their parish?
(a) They are not poor enough.
(b) They do not go to church enough.
(c) They are unkind.
(d) They are not wealthy.

5. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?
(a) Father Day.
(b) Toohey.
(c) Father Stock.
(d) Father Slaag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe feel alone when Bill’s friends first arrive for dinner in Chapter 16?

2. What church does Bill admit to Joe he had hoped to be sent to because he had taught catechism there?

3. What does Father Demetrius spend most of the retreat talking about?

4. What does Bill invite Father Felix to do after Joe had told him he can take an early bus home?

5. Who does Joe begin to visit in the evenings at the start of Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe describe the priesthood in Chapter 18?

2. What does Mrs. P. tell Joe that Bill did while he was on retreat?

3. What do Joe and Father Felix typically do together on the weekends?

4. What does the Captain of the highway department say when Joe tries to get him to find out the new curate’s full name?

5. Who is Bill’s friend Conklin?

6. What does Joe do just before the Arch is to arrive for the blessing in Chapter 28?

7. What does Joe learn Father Felix is upset about during Bill’s party in Chapter 17?

8. What news do they receive while on retreat in Chapter 19 and how does Joe deal with the news?

9. How is the curate dressed when he goes to Joe’s office in Chapter 13, and what does Joe tell the curate to do?

10. What is Joe trying to get Father Felix to do at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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