View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?
(a) to confess his sins daily
(b) to work harder at his lessons
(c) to enter the priesthood
(d) to be a gentleman and a good Catholic

2. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?
(a) He notices slight changes around the house.
(b) His father sells the automobile.
(c) His mother takes in laundry.
(d) He does not get new clothes.

3. What does Stephen do about new words he hears the adults use?
(a) figures out their meanings
(b) makes a list but does not spell them correctly
(c) tries to use them in his own conversation
(d) interrupts conversation to ask their meanings

4. What strikes fear into the sinner, but is a blessed moment for the believer?
(a) the Eucharist
(b) the divil
(c) death
(d) confession

5. What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment?
(a) candles and incense
(b) vows
(c) unqualified absolution
(d) repentance

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the only sins Stephen has to confess these days are minor, what does his confessor want him to name?

2. What happens when summer vacation is over for Stephen?

3. Leaving the director's office, what does Stephen think about the life offered him?

4. What about his life in the past does Stephen now wonder about?

5. What is happening with Stephen during further hard times for the family?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 362 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample