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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leaves the seminary to join the Trappists in Chapter 4?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Mooney.
(c) Cooney.
(d) Hrdlicka.

2. Who does Joe realize has been hiding behind a curtain while he was with Dora in Chapter 3?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Joe’s ex-girlfriend.
(c) Rex.
(d) Frances.

3. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?
(a) How to raise money for the church.
(b) Secular vs. religious clergy.
(c) The role of church in the community.
(d) Contemplation vs. doing the job of a priest.

4. Where does Joe learn “what the world was like, what he’d be up against if he became a priest” (28)?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Church.
(c) The ballpark.
(d) Hedblad’s.

5. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?
(a) He brings the man to the rectory and gives him money.
(b) He slaps it out of the man’s hand.
(c) He offers to help him get a job.
(d) He tells him it’s on the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe’s mother say when he says he wants to be either a priest or a businessman?

2. Who gets upset with Joe during a class gathering when Joe says that the “priest’s life....has to be rooted in contemplation” (71)?

3. What does Joe excel at in Immaculata High School?

4. After proceeding with the special collection for both Masses, what does Joe go to the office to try to get?

5. What does Uncle Bobby put on Joe’s bedside table and tell him to keep an eye on it in Chapter 1?

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