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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 say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?
2. Tom, the FBI agent, asks Joe why Greg did not do what in Chapter 25?
3. Where is Greg according to the postcard Joe receives from him in Chapter 25?
4. From whom does Bill receive a $750 check in Chapter 22?
5. What does Bill invite Father Felix to do after Joe had told him he can take an early bus home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Joe disappointed to learn the curate cannot do, and what does Joe do about this in Chapter 13?
2. How does Joe react when Bill tells him he would like to help him collect money from delinquent parishioners?
3. What does the Captain of the highway department say when Joe tries to get him to find out the new curate’s full name?
4. How is the curate dressed when he goes to Joe’s office in Chapter 13, and what does Joe tell the curate to do?
5. What does Joe say to Bill when he tells him that Mr. Lane asked if they were taking donations in Chapter 24?
6. What is Brad’s news about Great Badger’s Shopping News in Chapter 25?
7. Who is Bill’s friend Conklin?
8. What do Lefty and Joe watch happens on TV while at Joe’s rectory in Chapter 27?
9. What reason does Lefty suspect Conklin reported him to the Board of Health?
10. What happens as a result of the attempted robbery Joe and Lefty are seen to have thwarted at Great Badger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance baseball has in Wheat that Springeth Green. Use examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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