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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. How does Mr. Trench feel when the man leaves with the boy?
(a) He is curious about the strange man.
(b) As the man leaves Mr. Trench is lonely.
(c) He feels relieved that the stranger is gone.
(d) He is happy for the brandy the man left behind.

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

3. When does Coral say she lost her faith in God?
(a) When the Mexican boys started coming around.
(b) When she lost her virginity.
(c) When she was ten years old.
(d) When her mother tried to commit suicide.

4. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?
(a) His mother is sick.
(b) His horse is sick.
(c) His sister is having a baby.
(d) His brother broke his arm.

5. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(b) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.
(c) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(d) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they think the priest may have gone?

2. What do the police suspect about the priest?

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

4. Although there is no love between him and the woman, how does the priest feel about Brigetta, his daughter?

5. What does Coral find in the barn that makes her empathize with the Priest's pain?

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