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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 does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?

2. What happens to the Rector the day Joe was to return his hair shirt?

3. What does Delbert Freeman yell out about Joe just before the sack race in Chapter 2?

4. What is Father Stock’s nickname at church?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What good news does Joe receive in Chapter 10?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Describe Joe’s confession to Father Day in Chapter 8.

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

7. Who is Jim Gurrier, introduced in Chapter 8?

8. What does Brad call Joe asking if he will have his parishioners pray for in Chapter 9?

9. In Chapter 2, why does Joe think he wants to be like his Uncle Bobby when he grows up?

10. What does Brad offer to give Joe for his church bulletin in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe experiences personal changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Joe change and in what ways does he remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of Wheat that Springeth Green?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Joe’s relationship with Bill. Use examples from the text to show how Joe’s relationship with Bill develops Joe’s character and the overall themes of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the significance of the hair shirt in Wheat that Springeth Green. What does it symbolize in regards to Joe’s spiritual journey?

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