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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has left a note with Father Bill’s full name on Joe’s desk?
(a) Mrs. P.
(b) The mailman.
(c) Father Bill.
(d) Father Felix.

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

3. Why is Barb worried about her son Greg in Chapter 23?
(a) He quit his job.
(b) He refuses to go to war.
(c) He will not help around the house.
(d) He is getting bad grades in school.

4. Who does Joe call and criticize the way the assessment was handled in Chapter 21?
(a) Mooney.
(b) Rooney.
(c) Toohey.
(d) Cooney.

5. In Chapter 26, the Inspector proceeds to read Joe regulations regarding the reporting of what health issue?
(a) Flu cases.
(b) Venereal Disease.
(c) Measles cases.
(d) The common cold.

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

7. 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 the Brad is against the war.
(c) Joe says Brad wishes he could fight in the war.
(d) Joe says Brad is not aware of the war.

8. Tom, the FBI agent, asks Joe why Greg did not do what in Chapter 25?
(a) Join the army, but continue his education as Joe had suggested.
(b) Register as a conscientious objector.
(c) Go to college so he did not have to fight.
(d) Fight for his country.

9. Why does Joe think Bill looks down on the people of their parish?
(a) They are unkind.
(b) They do not go to church enough.
(c) They are not poor enough.
(d) They are not wealthy.

10. In Chapter 17, what does Potter suggest creates a barrier between priests and regular people?
(a) Celibacy.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) Their holiness.
(d) Their drinking.

11. What is Joe doing on the phone with Dom in Chapter 26?
(a) Reserving a barstool for later.
(b) Placing a bet.
(c) Making a liquor order.
(d) Asking if he has seen Bill.

12. What does Joe finally tell the new curate he has yet to tell Joe in Chapter 13?
(a) Where he is from.
(b) His name.
(c) Who sent him to St. Francis.
(d) Where he went to seminary.

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

14. Who does Joe say has “set [the] diocese back a hundred years” (154)?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Father Day.
(c) Father Slaag.
(d) Father Stock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the annual retreat in a “flashy Black Chrysler” (206)?

2. What does Joe learn Lefty and Father Power did to Conklin?

3. Why does Bill say he cannot leave his friends behind?

4. Why do Lefty and Joe become sudden heroes in Chapter 27?

5. Why does Lefty Beeman call Joe at the start of Chapter 20?

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