1. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(b) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.
(c) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.
(d) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.

2. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?
(a) One refuses his responsibility but the other tries to run away from responsibility.
(b) The only difference is that one of them is married.
(c) One is a whisky priest and the other is not.
(d) Both men are sinners and cannot be considered good priests, yet they choose very different paths.

3. What new information does the priest receive in the village?
(a) That the village will be completely blocked off within three days.
(b) That the police have given up looking for him.
(c) The police already took one hostage from Conceptión and murdered a man named Pedro Montez.
(d) That the police will return the following morning to take another hostage.

4. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?
(a) They have no photo of him at all.
(b) The only picture they have of him is very old.
(c) No one will tell them what he looks like.
(d) He will be heavily disguised.

5. What announcement is made as the priest and the beverage seller are having a glass of wine?
(a) The hotel owner announces that his rates have just gone up.
(b) The hotel owner warns of an coming storm.
(c) The hotel owner says they cannot drink in his establishment.
(d) The hotel owner enters and says that the Chief of Police is coming.