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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(b) If the police have left the village.
(c) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.
(d) If the police will shoot him from a distance.

2. In the village, before seeing the Yankee, for what does the priest wish?
(a) That he had another bottle of wine.
(b) That his luck will hold out one more time.
(c) That the police would hurry up and show themselves.
(d) That God would take him before the police have a chance.

3. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?
(a) The house of the alcalde.
(b) The house of Father José.
(c) The house of the lieutenant.
(d) The door of a widow.

4. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?
(a) He says the stories will teach the children how to read.
(b) He says that now that the Church is gone, the stories are all they have.
(c) He says that the boy should humor his mother because she is sad.
(d) He says the stories always have a happy ending.

5. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?
(a) He goes to an underground meeting of religious people.
(b) He asks a grocer to give him some fruit.
(c) He meets a beggar and offers to pay him for his help buying wine.
(d) He looks for the sign of a fish on a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?

2. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?

3. How does the Chief of Police react when he sees the alcohol?

4. What is Greene's continued contrast of the two priests?

5. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?

(see the answer key)

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