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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 is Bill doing when he visits DPs, which Joe does not think is a good idea?

2. Why does Brad fault Joe for Greg not reporting for induction at the end of Chapter 25?

3. What baseball team does Joe like to watch?

4. Where is Bill when he calls Joe during dinner?

5. What does a slightly drunk Father Felix chastise Joe for at the dinner party in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Lefty and Joe watch happens on TV while at Joe’s rectory in Chapter 27?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Joe disappointed to learn the curate cannot do, and what does Joe do about this in Chapter 13?

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

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 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 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?

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