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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?
(a) He has grown up and leaves for another country.
(b) He has grown up and been ordained a priest.
(c) He has grown up and now hates the Church.
(d) He has grown up and become a school teacher.

2. What surprises the lieutenant?
(a) That the Police Chief entered his office without knocking.
(b) That the Governor even knows they are there.
(c) That the last priest was not shot weeks ago.
(d) That the Police Chief is so calm.

3. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.
(b) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(c) He committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.
(d) One priest conformed to the Governor's law, renounced his faith and married his housekeeper.

4. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?
(a) A novel.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A catalog.
(d) A straw hat.

5. Later, in another village, what does an old man request of the priest?
(a) He asks the priest to renounce his faith and surrender.
(b) He asks the priest to hurry and leave.
(c) He asks the priest to say mass and hear confessions.
(d) He asks the priest to share his wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the lieutenant eager to hunt down the priest?

2. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

3. What prompts Mr. Trench to invite the stranger to his house?

4. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?

5. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?

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