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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. When the priest sends back the guide and the mules, why is the mestizo mockingly concerned.
(a) He had planned to make his own get away on a mule.
(b) He must behave as though he thinks the priest will be returning.
(c) He was counting on selling the mules.
(d) He thinks the priest should have waited about half an hour.

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

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

4. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(b) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.
(c) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(d) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?

3. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?

4. How far away is the Yankee when the priest sends the guide and mules back?

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

(see the answer key)

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