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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe discuss with Buzz at the Little John Lounge, which he worries about the next morning?
(a) Joe’s problem with a lot of the other pastors.
(b) Joe’s problems with Paddy.
(c) New letterhead for Charities.
(d) Joe’s disdain for working at Charities.

2. What does Sister Agatha tell Joe to be instead of a priest of the religious order?
(a) A secular priest.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A business man.
(d) A teacher.

3. What does Joe tell Father Butler he is going to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Visit Paddy.
(b) Quite the priesthood.
(c) Write a check.
(d) Loan him money.

4. What does Joe discover about Father Van Slaag which makes him think he is a saint?
(a) He gives all collection money to the poor.
(b) His knees are very calloused and he has wounds from Mrs. Cox’ dog on his ankles.
(c) He takes no money from parishioners.
(d) He prays day and night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?

2. What was the new pastor talking about when young Joe asked his father what she wants in church?

3. At the start of Chapter 5, who is the other new priest with Joe as Father Stock tells them the order of the next day’s Mass?

4. What does Delbert Freeman yell out about Joe just before the sack race in Chapter 2?

5. What does 15-year-old Joe begin to do in his cellar over the summer in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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