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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?
(a) He says the stories will teach the children how to read.
(b) He says that now that the Church is gone, the stories are all they have.
(c) He says the stories always have a happy ending.
(d) He says that the boy should humor his mother because she is sad.

2. In the cantina, who is the man the priest bumps into?
(a) A red shirt.
(b) The lieutenant.
(c) The mestizo.
(d) The Chief of Police.

3. What question does the priest ask the woman?
(a) He asks if she has any brandy.
(b) Without looking at her he asks with embarrassment about Brigetta.
(c) He asks how long he can stay there.
(d) He asks if the police have been there.

4. What is it like for the priest in the Mexican prison?
(a) It is dark and crowded with many different sounds.
(b) He finds himself in a room filled with murderers.
(c) He notices there is no place to sit.
(d) It is brightly lit but very crowded.

5. What is the priest's response when a man says it is better not to believe in God?
(a) He says the man is probably right, but he cannot change this late in life.
(b) He asks if they believed the Governor did not exist would they not be in prison?
(c) He says the man will change his mind just before he dies.
(d) He says that God hears blasphemy whenever it is spoken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Chief of Police react when he sees the alcohol?

2. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?

3. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?

4. What does the lieutenant see on his walk through the town?

5. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

(see the answer key)

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