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

2. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?
(a) For their sakes, he will start a massacre.
(b) The boys will one day be policemen and soldiers.
(c) These boys know that the gun is more powerful than the Bible.
(d) The boys should be in school.

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

4. 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) The man offers him one bottle of wine plus a bottle of brandy.
(d) He offers him a case of red wine.

5. In spite of the Yankee's protests, what does the priest do?
(a) He sits quietly holding the Yankee's hand.
(b) He pours wine in the Yankee's wounds.
(c) He gives the Yankee last rites.
(d) He says a prayer for the Yankee's soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What announcement is made as the priest and the beverage seller are having a glass of wine?

2. With what knowledge does the priest continue on to the village.

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

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

5. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?

(see the answer key)

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