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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. The Cardinal was then taken the the old Borodin ______, not to a factory as the Cardinal had assumed he was taken.
(a) Home.
(b) Castle.
(c) Church.
(d) Mine.

2. Father Malik is worried the ________________ might try to kill the Cardinal again during the next day's ceremonies.
(a) Presbyterians.
(b) Prime Minister's guards.
(c) Security Police.
(d) Christian Fighters.

3. Where does the Cardinal believe Father Ley is waiting for him so that they can talk?
(a) Hospital.
(b) A school.
(c) His residence.
(d) Confessional.

4. What does the young man tell the Cardinal NOT to do when the man is getting ready to leave?
(a) Pay.
(b) Leave immediately.
(c) Get up.
(d) Thank him.

5. The Poniatov Bridge was the only bridge the ____________ had failed to destroy when they fled the ruined city.
(a) Americans.
(b) Germans.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What began to be seen at those small roadside shrines to the Virgin, which had survived the Communist rule?

2. Which driver does Cardinal Bem insist on having by his side for the journey?

3. Maybe it's true, the Cardinal thinks, that the regime stuffs our mouths with ___________ to keep us quiet.

4. Janik was the new driver and he wears a leather _____________ cap of the WWI vintage, according to the story.

5. The Cardinal notes that he must remind himself that this _______ is now less pervasive than in those days they speak of with false nostalgia.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the young boys who are in the square, handing out leaflets to passersby?

2. How does Cardinal Bem begin to experience his own personal version of hell?

3. What does Peter Jop reveal the Cardinal Bem about the strike they are supposed to have?

4. How does Cardinal Bem get to see Peter Jop after talking with Father Ley?

5. What does the Prime Minister think about the Cardinal's involvement in the terrorist attack?

6. What happens as Cardinal Bem begins to give communion to the masses of people?

7. What does Cardinal Bem insist on doing on the way to Gneisk, even though he has other options?

8. What does the Archbishop's speech say has sparked his call to the faithful?

9. What happens when Cardinal Bem is changing for the mass at the celebration?

10. What happens when Cardinal Bem and Janik, Peter Jop's brother-in-law, are driving to Gniesk?

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