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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Joe try to write a letter to after receiving the bad news of his assessment?
(a) The Archdiocese.
(b) The Chancery.
(c) Father Butler.
(d) Father Stock.

2. Why do Lefty and Joe become sudden heroes in Chapter 27?
(a) For leaving the priesthood because of their disillusionment with the financial side of things.
(b) For joining the army to fight for their country.
(c) For stopping an attempted robbery at Great Badger.
(d) They managed to raise enough money to save their churches.

3. What are Brad’s feeling about the war according to Joe in Chapter 25?
(a) Joe says Brad is very enthusiastic about the war.
(b) Joe says Brad wishes he could fight in the war.
(c) Joe says the Brad is against the war.
(d) Joe says Brad is not aware of the war.

4. What reason does Joe give to Dr. Wylie for his need to get tested for VD?
(a) Because the health inspector made him.
(b) In case he wants to be a chaplain.
(c) All the pastors are getting tested these days.
(d) He needs to get tested yearly to keep his church.

5. Where does Brad say he has landed a new job?
(a) Great Badger’s Shopping News paper.
(b) The local community college.
(c) Great Badger Liquor store.
(d) Vietnam.

6. Who is sent to the hospital just before the retreat’s end in Chapter 19?
(a) Cooney.
(b) Monsignor Egan.
(c) Joe.
(d) Father Stock.

7. Joe tells Bill that the priesthood is what, rather than a hundred-yard dash?
(a) A marathon.
(b) A Sunday stroll.
(c) A walk in the park.
(d) A sack race.

8. Who arrives at the annual retreat in a “flashy Black Chrysler” (206)?
(a) Joe.
(b) Father Stock.
(c) Cooney.
(d) Mooney.

9. How does Joe tell Cooney he might attempt to get more money for his church after the assessment?
(a) He is considering going after delinquent parishioners.
(b) He will begin a Dollar-a-Sunday Club.
(c) He will take up a special collection.
(d) He will increase the fee for the Annual Offering System.

10. Why do Joe and Bill begin to visit rectories in person in Chapter 15?
(a) To find a new place for Joe to work.
(b) To find Father Felix a new place since he is no longer needed.
(c) To find a new place for Bill to work.
(d) So Joe can show off his new curate.

11. From whom does Bill receive a $750 check in Chapter 22?
(a) Bill’s parents.
(b) The Gurriers.
(c) Mr. Lane.
(d) The Archdiocese.

12. How long does Joe have to prove he does not have VD?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

13. What bothers Joe about the curate’s attire at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) It is ill-fitting.
(b) It is too formal.
(c) It is too casual.
(d) It does not match.

14. What does Joe no longer do “lest God and he both be bored” (45)?
(a) He no longer prays.
(b) He no longer goes to confession.
(c) He no longer writes to God.
(d) He no longer forces himself to meditate.

15. Which of Bill’s dinner guests had dropped out of seminary?
(a) Robert.
(b) Potter.
(c) Felix.
(d) Conklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?

2. What does Joe injure while playing ball with Bill in Chapter 24?

3. What does Bill invite Father Felix to do after Joe had told him he can take an early bus home?

4. What is one of Joe’s criticisms of the new curates first Mass in Chapter 12?

5. What thing that Joe had never seen does he liken the priesthood to in Chapter 18?

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