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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 visits Joe to tell him about his visit from the Board of Health regarding VD?

2. Where does Joe go at the start of Chapter 19?

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

4. Which of Bill’s dinner guests had dropped out of seminary?

5. What news do they receive just before the retreat is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Joe and Father Felix typically do together on the weekends?

2. What does Joe do just before the Arch is to arrive for the blessing in Chapter 28?

3. What does McMaster, Mac, tell Joe that Cooney did at the end of Chapter 24?

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

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

6. What do Joe and Bill do together in Chapter 15?

7. How does Joe react when Bill tells him he would like to help him collect money from delinquent parishioners?

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

9. What does the Captain of the highway department say when Joe tries to get him to find out the new curate’s full name?

10. What does Joe say to Bill about how he feels about the people of their parish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the ending of Wheat the Springeth Green. What does this ending say about Joe’s spiritual journey?

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