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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thing that Joe had never seen does he liken the priesthood to in Chapter 18?
(a) Flying saucers.
(b) The Easter Bunny.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) Aliens.

2. What does Joe begin to carry to fend off Boots?
(a) A cane.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A whistle.
(d) Dog treats.

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

4. What does the housekeeper’s dog, Boots, do to passersby?
(a) He lets them pet him.
(b) He barks incessantly.
(c) He chases them.
(d) He bites their ankles.

5. 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?
(a) Cooney.
(b) Mooney.
(c) Toohey.
(d) Rooney.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What information about the curate is Joe not told by anyone and unable to obtain in Chapter 10 ?

3. Why were people annoyed with Joe during his last years at seminary as explained at the start of Chapter 6?

4. Where was Father Joe sent after his time at Holy Faith?

5. Who picks Conklin up after dinner in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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