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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What “hard drinking rectory” (76) does Joe begin to frequent when he needs a break from his parishioners?
(a) St. John Bosco’s.
(b) St. Isabella’s.
(c) St. James.
(d) St. Isidore’s.

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

3. Who is young Joe saying goodbye to in Chapter 1?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Party People.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Frances.

4. Which young priest visits Father Joe at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) William Edwards.
(b) Lefty Beeman.
(c) Frank Butler.
(d) Ed Butler.

5. What does Joe do to Mrs. Hope after she tells him of her family troubles in Chapter 7?
(a) He tells her he will pray for her.
(b) He tells her it’s her problem.
(c) He makes her a loan.
(d) He asks he to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries Joe upstairs to his room in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

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

4. Who leaves the seminary to join the Trappists in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe’s impression of the new curate when he arrives in Chapter 11?

2. What is Joe’s relationship with the Rector’s hair shirt in Chapter 4?

3. What does Ed Butler discuss with Joe in Chapter 7, and what is Joe’s advice?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Joe think he wants to be like his Uncle Bobby when he grows up?

5. Why does Joe think his appointment with Father Slaag makes perfect sense?

6. What does Mr. Lane offer in order to get his children into the church school?

7. What does Joe’s dad tell the party goers that Joe asked him while listening to the priest discuss the Dollar-A-Sunday club at church?

8. What does Brad offer to give Joe for his church bulletin in Chapter 9?

9. What does Father Stock tell Joe he will be doing during his first Mass in Chapter 5, and how does Joe feel about this?

10. What does Brad’s pastor tell Joe at the end of Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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