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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 1 (through page 83).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Captain Fellows' wife when he reaches his house?
(a) Out with the chickens.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Sick in bed.
(d) Doing the laundry.

2. On his morning walk, what does Mr. Trench hear?
(a) A monkey chattering in the trees.
(b) Horses racing into town.
(c) A man speaking English.
(d) The sound of an explosion.

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

4. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?
(a) Coral is having a school lesson with her mother.
(b) Coral is out looking for the fugitive American.
(c) Coral is hiding things the priest left behind.
(d) Coral is cooking because her mother is sick.

5. What is happening to the priests in this Mexican state?
(a) The priests that have not escaped have been hunted down and killed.
(b) Priests are being sent to concentration camps.
(c) The priests are given twenty-four hours to leave the country.
(d) The priests are being sent to the mine quarries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the meeting between the priest and Brigetta?

2. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?

3. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

4. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?

5. What does the priest think would be the result of his leaving?

(see the answer key)

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