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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lieutenant see on his walk through the town?
(a) He sees old women making the sign of the cross.
(b) He sees many new shops and a lot of business.
(c) He sees all the old symbols of the Church he has helped destroy.
(d) He sees Mr. Trench walking as though he had been drinking.

2. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?
(a) Father José agrees but the police arrive at that moment.
(b) Father José pretends he does not understand.
(c) Father José refuses and tells him to go away.
(d) Father José agrees, seeing this a chance to redeem himself.

3. What does Father José fear if he says a prayer at the graveside?
(a) The authroities will put him in jail for blasphemy.
(b) His police protection will be taken away if he performs a religious act.
(c) He will get in trouble, lose his pension or even be killed for practicing his religion, which he has renounced.
(d) He will be mocked by the lieutenant for practicing a religion he renounced.

4. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
(a) He is tempted to seek a divorce and return to the Church.
(b) He is tempted to say a quick prayer and starts to make the sign of the cross in the air.
(c) He is tempted to run away and commit suicide.
(d) He is tempted to turn the villagers in for seeking a priest.

5. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
(a) Smelly sermonizer.
(b) Wine bibber.
(c) Pickled priest.
(d) Whisky priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

2. In the cantina, who is the man the priest bumps into?

3. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?

4. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

5. How does the priest rationalize his guilt over the murdered hostage?

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