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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James sees King once in person, and what is his opinion of King?
(a) King is the only public figure to which he is personally devoted.
(b) He is a liar and a coward.
(c) His father is right in believing King is void of all morals.
(d) He can not be trusted.

2. Who reminds James of Air Force chaplains?
(a) The Rector at the college.
(b) His father.
(c) The Paulist Fathers.
(d) The young Father Kelly and his open-hearted camaraderie.

3. What does Joseph ask of his son at Christmas dinner, 1965?
(a) To leave the priesthood.
(b) He asks his son to say grace for the first time.
(c) To support his views.
(d) To be the priest at his younger brother's wedding.

4. Whose point of view does James present on the Cavett Show?
(a) His father's.
(b) Father Daniel Berrigan's.
(c) His own.
(d) His students'.

5. Of what does James believe Joe Carroll embodies the motto?
(a) His Air Force career, Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.
(b) The Church, The Lord is my light.
(c) His FBI career, fidelity, bravery and integrity.
(d) The priesthood, Heroes of Sacrifice.

6. When Kennedy is assassinated, what does Johnson take over?
(a) The presidency.
(b) The administration and the war.
(c) The war.
(d) The Democratic Party.

7. Despite years of religious training as an altar boy, catechism and religion classes, how is James regarding the Bible and theology?
(a) Knowdedgeable.
(b) Misunderstood.
(c) Confused.
(d) Illiterate.

8. What does Mary Carroll remind her son about Cardinal Spellman?
(a) He is looking for a golf caddy.
(b) He is looking forward to ordaining James.
(c) He is not favored by the Pope.
(d) He is a good friend.

9. What does General Carroll ask of Father James?
(a) To offer the benediction at a dinner to honor Hoover.
(b) To support his beliefs.
(c) To leave the priesthood.
(d) To change his views on the war.

10. How does James read the Bible for the first time?
(a) Using the Hebrew Bible.
(b) As a living thing.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) Starting with the New Testament.

11. Robert Kennedy encourages James saying priests are needed in the streets. Who is already in the streets?
(a) The politicians.
(b) The ministers.
(c) The devil.
(d) The people.

12. Why does Robert Kennedy send federal marshals instead of FBI agents to protect James Meredith at Ole Miss?
(a) James Meredith is a federal marshal.
(b) He does not trust the FBI.
(c) He fears the FBI.
(d) The FBI is not very thorough.

13. Who does Cardinal Spellman meet in 1950?
(a) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(b) Secretary of Defense McNamara.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) The Pope.

14. Tom Dooley writes a book inferring what about Vietnam?
(a) Vietnam is a country full of pagans.
(b) Vietnam is a Catholic country under Communist siege.
(c) It is a war of religions.
(d) Vietnam is a Communist country under Catholic siege.

15. What is not James' belief but simply taken for granted as the way things are?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The military.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel Berrigan becomes a national hero. What is Spellman forced to do?

2. What does Joe Carroll do as James blesses him and lays hands on his head?

3. What does James intern as in Atlanta?

4. What does James do a week before entering the novitiate?

5. Who arrests James for protesting Igloo White at Hansom Air Force Base?

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