1. What new information does the priest receive in the village?
(a) That the police will return the following morning to take another hostage.
(b) That the police have given up looking for him.
(c) That the village will be completely blocked off within three days.
(d) The police already took one hostage from Conceptión and murdered a man named Pedro Montez.

2. 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 become a school teacher.
(b) He has grown up and now hates the Church.
(c) He has grown up and leaves for another country.
(d) He has grown up and been ordained a priest.

3. At first, what does the woman who speaks to the priest believe about him?
(a) That he is not really a priest.
(b) That he is a martyr.
(c) That he will get out of jail by denying his faith.
(d) That God will spare his life because he is the last one.

4. What happens to him instead of being killed?
(a) He is ordered to leave the town and never return.
(b) He is sent to the governor for interrogation.
(c) He is enlisted to help hunt down the priest.
(d) He is given a job to clean out the cells to pay for his fine.

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