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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Capers in Chains".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who represents Catholic Irish-American ambition?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Spellman.
(c) Carroll.
(d) Chess.

2. What bill does President Johnson propose? He ends his speech with "we shall overcome" and becomes an ally of King's.
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Voting Rights Bill.
(c) Equality for All Bill.
(d) Desegregation Bill.

3. Where does Joe Carroll work to support his family?
(a) In the Chicago stockyards.
(b) For the Chicago Tribune.
(c) In a bank.
(d) In a bar.

4. Who is a sexual image ideal for the author?
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

5. What does James learn about religious faith?
(a) It involves suffering and unhappiness.
(b) It brings families together.
(c) It helps one understand life.
(d) It is healing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe, now General Carroll, is serving in what position?

2. Mary drives the children to pick Joseph up at night. What does she do on the way home?

3. How is James, Joe and Mary's second son, born?

4. What is not James' belief but simply taken for granted as the way things are?

5. How does James interpret the experiences of their lives in Christian terms?

(see the answer key)

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