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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Joe feel are “in a class by themselves...[having] the power to turn water and wine into [the Lord’s] body” (10).
2. Who does Joe realize has been hiding behind a curtain while he was with Dora in Chapter 3?
3. For what reason does Lefty suggest Joe was sent to Charities?
4. What will the HR 369 bill fund if passed?
5. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ed Butler discuss with Joe in Chapter 7, and what is Joe’s advice?
2. What is Joe’s impression of the new curate when he arrives in Chapter 11?
3. Describe Joe and Ivy’s conversation about God at the end of Chapter 1.
4. Why does Joe come to believe Father Slaag is a true saint In Chapter 6?
5. Why does Joe think his appointment with Father Slaag makes perfect sense?
6. What does Brad’s pastor tell Joe at the end of Chapter 9?
7. How does Joe behave at the retreat in Chapter 4?
8. Why does Sister Agatha tell Joe about being a a secular priest rather than a priest in the religious order?
9. What does Father Stock tell Joe he will be doing during his first Mass in Chapter 5, and how does Joe feel about this?
10. Describe Joe’s confession to Father Day in Chapter 8.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story is told entirely from Joe’s perspective, using third-person omniscient narrator. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Joe’s point of view. How does viewing the events from Joe’s point of view affect the plot?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the lure of sin in Wheat that Springeth Green. Use direct examples from the text of moments when Joe or others have been pulled by sin. What effect do these moments have on the overall themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the theme of materialism in Wheat that Springeth Green. Use direct examples from the text.
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