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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 news do they receive just before the retreat is over?
(a) The assessments for the Archdiocesan Renewal Fund have been sent.
(b) Father Stock has died.
(c) Many of the priests have been fired.
(d) Joe is being relocated.

2. Who visits Joe to tell him about his visit from the Board of Health regarding VD?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Father Stock.
(c) Lefty Beeman.
(d) Bill.

3. Who does Joe find also attending the blessing in addition to cheerleaders?
(a) Parishioners.
(b) Photographers.
(c) Joe’s parents.
(d) TV News anchors.

4. What is Joe doing on the phone with Dom in Chapter 26?
(a) Placing a bet.
(b) Making a liquor order.
(c) Asking if he has seen Bill.
(d) Reserving a barstool for later.

5. Tom, the FBI agent, asks Joe why Greg did not do what in Chapter 25?
(a) Fight for his country.
(b) Go to college so he did not have to fight.
(c) Register as a conscientious objector.
(d) Join the army, but continue his education as Joe had suggested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Joe about the curate’s attire at the start of Chapter 13?

2. What are Brad’s feeling about the war according to Joe in Chapter 25?

3. What does Joe refer to God as in reference to people “giving blindly...for the love of God” (280).

4. Who does Joe find out will be coming to the Archbishop’s blessing, much to his dismay?

5. How long does Joe have to prove he does not have VD?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe’s explanation to Bill for not asking him his full name?

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

3. Where does Joe go at the start of Chapter 19 and who is in charge while he is gone?

4. What does Joe say to Bill when he tells him that Mr. Lane asked if they were taking donations in Chapter 24?

5. Why does the Board of Health visit Joe in Chapter 26?

6. How does Joe end up alone during Bill’s dinner party at the end of Chapter 16?

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

8. How does Joe feel about having the local Cheerleaders at the blessing of his rectory?

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

10. What is the celibacy discussion Bill’s guests have in Chapter 17?

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