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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. Where does Brad say he has landed a new job?
(a) Great Badger Liquor store.
(b) The local community college.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Great Badger’s Shopping News paper.

2. Why does Joe feel alone when Bill’s friends first arrive for dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) Father Felix joins them in Bill’s from for drinks, leaving Joe alone to watch the game.
(b) Bill asks him to stay in his room while his friends are there.
(c) Joe wants them to watch the game, but they say the do not like baseball.
(d) Nobody will talk to him.

3. What is one of Joe’s criticisms of the new curates first Mass in Chapter 12?
(a) He forgot to introduce himself.
(b) He was too casual.
(c) He spoke to fast.
(d) He was too loud.

4. What does Joe tell the new curate he gave up doing during his sermons?
(a) Gestures.
(b) Singing.
(c) Talking too much.
(d) Making eye contact with parishioners.

5. Where is Greg according to the postcard Joe receives from him in Chapter 25?
(a) England.
(b) Canada.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks Conklin up after dinner in Chapter 18?

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

3. Who does Joe find also attending the blessing in addition to cheerleaders?

4. What thing that Joe had never seen does he liken the priesthood to in Chapter 18?

5. Tom, the FBI agent, asks Joe why Greg did not do what in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barb tell Joe about her son Greg when she runs into him at the Badger liquor store?

2. Who is Bill’s friend Conklin?

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

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

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

6. What is Bill’s suggestion to Greg regarding the draft in Chapter 23?

7. How does Bill tell Joe he feels after his wild night with Potter and Conklin?

8. What is Brad’s news about Great Badger’s Shopping News in Chapter 25?

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

10. What happens as a result of the attempted robbery Joe and Lefty are seen to have thwarted at Great Badger?

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