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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is James, Joe and Mary's second son, born?
(a) Late.
(b) Premature.
(c) Anemic.
(d) Oxygen-deprived and in danger of dying but survives.

2. Despite the cold, James is pleased this president does not do this.
(a) Cancel the inaugural ceremony.
(b) Say his speech inside.
(c) Wear a hat.
(d) Wear a scarf.

3. Who is founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in charge of enemy counts and evaluating targets in Vietnam?
(a) Lieutenant-General James Carroll.
(b) Lieutenant-General Joseph F. Carroll.
(c) Lieutenant-General Brian Carroll.
(d) Lieutenant-General Brent Carroll.

4. Where does the author's mother take him as a two-year-old along with his four-year-old brother, Joe?
(a) FDR's presidential inauguration.
(b) To Disney World.
(c) To New York City.
(d) To Chicago to visit relatives.

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

6. Who does James feel shame to admit is his childhood neighbor on Generals' Row?
(a) President Herbert Hoover.
(b) Father Frank Miller.
(c) General Curtis Lemay.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

7. James is in college now and working as what for the summer?
(a) A pastor.
(b) An FBI cryptanalyst's aid.
(c) A football coach.
(d) An Air Force aid.

8. In November 1965, who sets himself on fire at the Pentagon?
(a) A hippie from San Francisco.
(b) A German soldier.
(c) A Quaker war-protester.
(d) A Neo-Nazi.

9. James and Joe junior accompany their father to what base in Puerto Rico?
(a) Fort Bragg.
(b) Fort Knox.
(c) Ramey Air Force Base.
(d) Fort Benjamin Harrison.

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

11. Where does Joe attend six years of night school?
(a) Northwestern Law School.
(b) Loyal School of Medicine.
(c) Northwestern School of Medicine.
(d) Loyola Law School.

12. How does this chapter compare to the conflicted and painful opening chapter?
(a) This section is uplifting.
(b) This section is similar in feelng.
(c) It is a sad chapter.
(d) It is a disappointing chapter.

13. For what does James' father never forgive himself?
(a) Working for the Air Force.
(b) Becoming a member of the FBI.
(c) Planning to join the priesthood.
(d) Leaving the seminary.

14. How does Joe's childhood compare to the social standing he later achieves?
(a) It stands in stark contrast.
(b) Same social standing, but in a different city.
(c) It is very similar.
(d) It is somewhat different.

15. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Russians.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. FDR is an admired president because of the way he treats what?

2. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?

3. What dream does James abandon, when he chooses to attend seminary school?

4. Silence during their ride home does what between James and his father?

5. James recalls that by 1993, he no longer fears nuclear war. Why?

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