1. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?
(a) He has grown up and leaves for another country.
(b) He has grown up and been ordained a priest.
(c) He has grown up and become a school teacher.
(d) He has grown up and now hates the Church.

2. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?
(a) He says the lieutenant told him the Bible is not true.
(b) He laughs and says he is sorry.
(c) He says killing people is more fun than listening to stories.
(d) He says that he doesn't believe the holy book.

3. 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 has too many other things on his mind.
(d) He is in too big a hurry to pay attention to the priest.

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

5. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?
(a) Bringing in extra troops from Mexico City.
(b) Taking hostages and killing them if the people do not turn over the priest.
(c) Burning down the villages where the people do not cooperate.
(d) Putting up roadblocks all over the region.