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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. How does Greene set up the scene to show the despair of Father José?
(a) He awakes from a dream in which he had been saying the mass.
(b) Reading his Bible, he begins to weep.
(c) Walking in the cemetery, he comes upon a family burying a small child.
(d) His nagging wife leaves him.

2. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?
(a) Father José agrees but the police arrive at that moment.
(b) Father José agrees, seeing this a chance to redeem himself.
(c) Father José pretends he does not understand.
(d) Father José refuses and tells him to go away.

3. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?
(a) He learns that more hostages have been shot.
(b) The Chief of Police gets drunk and tells how he hates the lieutenant.
(c) The priest learns that the lieutenant will arrive in the city next month.
(d) As the Chief gets drunk he begins to tell the men about the hunt for the priest.

4. How does the Chief of Police react when he sees the alcohol?
(a) He becomes angry because there is a prohibition on alcohol.
(b) He confiscates the alcohol and leaves.
(c) The Chief's face lights up at the sight of the alcohol and he sits down to join the drinkers.
(d) He knows the seller so he pretends not to see.

5. How far away is the Yankee when the priest sends the guide and mules back?
(a) A day's travel on foot.
(b) Just down the hill.
(c) Just on the outskirts.
(d) About one hour away.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

4. How does the mestizo give himself away?

5. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?

(see the answer key)

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