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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the police take the man they do not recognize as being a priest?
(a) Back to the cantina.
(b) To the jail.
(c) To the Police Chief.
(d) To the hotel.

2. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?
(a) He is resigned to his death once he reaches the village.
(b) He has a plan to go south instead of north.
(c) He is planning to kill the mestizo before they get to the village.
(d) He thinks the Yankee knows a way to escape.

3. When the lieutenant arrives, why does he not recognize the priest?
(a) He has too many other things on his mind.
(b) He has forgotten what he looks like.
(c) He never looks at him.
(d) He is in too big a hurry to pay attention to the priest.

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

5. What is Greene's continued contrast of the two priests?
(a) One has compassion and the other one has only fear.
(b) One obeys the law and the other one does not.
(c) One has a house and the other one does not.
(d) They are both afraid of death, but the priest still tries to act as a priest while Father José does not.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the village, before seeing the Yankee, for what does the priest wish?

2. In spite of the Yankee's protests, what does the priest do?

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

4. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?

5. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?

(see the answer key)

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