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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James interpret the experiences of their lives in Christian terms?
(a) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
(b) Those without sin cast the first stone.
(c) As the cross they must bear.
(d) They no not what they do.

2. Where does the author secretly throw his Georgetown University prize?
(a) In the Atlantic ocean.
(b) Into the swamp behind the seminary.
(c) In the woods behind the seminary.
(d) In the Potomac.

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

4. What are Americans encouraged to do against the Soviet fallout?
(a) Take vitamins.
(b) Build bomb shelters.
(c) Buy gas masks.
(d) Prepare to attack.

5. Eisenhower is the first president who wears what kind of hat?
(a) A top hat.
(b) A baseball cap.
(c) A beaver cap.
(d) Homburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in charge of enemy counts and evaluating targets in Vietnam?

2. Of what is Joe junior a sign?

3. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?

4. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?

5. What does James believe the B-52's utility and longevity discourage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon what does James reflect at the end of the chapter, regarding B-52s and nuclear war?

2. Why is FDR an admired president?

3. How do 1950s Americans perceive Pope Pius XII?

4. What does James realize about his desire to enter the seminary?

5. How does James, the anti-war priest from a military family feel giving his first sermon?

6. How is the Carroll family's experience in Washington, D.C.?

7. What does the B-52 Bomber symbolize to James?

8. What are the two tracks James sees in his life in Wiesbaden?

9. Why does Joe feel like a disgrace for leaving the seminary?

10. How does James honor his father in this chapter?

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