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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. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(b) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.
(c) If the police will shoot him from a distance.
(d) If the police have left the village.

2. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?
(a) The house of the lieutenant.
(b) The house of Father José.
(c) The door of a widow.
(d) The house of the alcalde.

3. What does the seller of alcoholic beverages offer the priest?
(a) He offers him some rum from Cuba.
(b) He offers him tequila and whisky.
(c) He offers him a case of red wine.
(d) The man offers him one bottle of wine plus a bottle of brandy.

4. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
(a) He is tempted to say a quick prayer and starts to make the sign of the cross in the air.
(b) He is tempted to seek a divorce and return to the Church.
(c) He is tempted to turn the villagers in for seeking a priest.
(d) He is tempted to run away and commit suicide.

5. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?
(a) He says the stories always have a happy ending.
(b) He says that now that the Church is gone, the stories are all they have.
(c) He says that the boy should humor his mother because she is sad.
(d) He says the stories will teach the children how to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the police take the man they do not recognize as being a priest?

2. Once in the village, why is the Yankee looking around?

3. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?

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

5. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?

(see the answer key)

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