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

2. What agitates the Yankee while the priest is speaking with him?
(a) He is agitated because he is not Catholic.
(b) He is agitated because the priest will not take his gun or a knife.
(c) He is agitated because he has a gun in his back.
(d) He is agitated because he does not trust the mestizo.

3. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?
(a) He shares a drink of wine.
(b) He gives the mestizo his last few coins.
(c) He gives the mestizo his crucifix.
(d) He hears the mestizo's confession.

4. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?
(a) An Indian hut village in the distance.
(b) A large chasm they have to cross.
(c) A group of policemen on horseback.
(d) Villagers armed with sticks and stones.

5. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?
(a) One refuses his responsibility but the other tries to run away from responsibility.
(b) Both men are sinners and cannot be considered good priests, yet they choose very different paths.
(c) One is a whisky priest and the other is not.
(d) The only difference is that one of them is married.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After the brandy is taken, what does the priest do?

4. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?

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

(see the answer key)

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