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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. What family, that Joe helped get a home in the suburbs, lives right near the Inglenook dump?

2. What information about the curate is Joe not told by anyone and unable to obtain in Chapter 10 ?

3. What good news does Joe get at the start of Chapter 10?

4. What is Brad's, who calls Joe at the beginning of Chapter 9, occupation?

5. Who makes a date with Joe, but says it will cost him $20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Joe and Ivy’s conversation about God at the end of Chapter 1.

3. Why does Joe think his appointment with Father Slaag makes perfect sense?

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

5. What does Joe give to Father Stock in hopes he will decide against the special collection?

6. 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?

7. Why does Joe come to believe Father Slaag is a true saint In Chapter 6?

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

9. Why does Lefty feel Joe is in line to be next Director at Charities, and how does this leave Joe feeling?

10. What is Joe’s relationship with the Rector’s hair shirt in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay outlining Joe’s relationship with alcohol throughout the novel. How does his drinking begin? When is it at its worst? What does his drinking represent?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay outlining Joe’s career as a priest. Include each of Joe’s postings and what these say about where Joe is in his journey.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance baseball has in Wheat that Springeth Green. Use examples from the text to support your argument.

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