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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. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?
(a) He could not believe he did not recognize his own daughter.
(b) He says he is glad she has friends.
(c) He says he understands why she did not run to him.
(d) He says he thought he had seen her.

2. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.
(b) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(c) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.
(d) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.

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

4. Where do they think the priest may have gone?
(a) Across the border into Texas.
(b) To Mexico City where he would be difficult to find.
(c) Vera Cruz or Tampico.
(d) Conceptión, the home of his parish, or Carmen where he was born.

5. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?
(a) He will be heavily disguised.
(b) No one will tell them what he looks like.
(c) The only picture they have of him is very old.
(d) They have no photo of him at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Coral find in the barn that makes her empathize with the Priest's pain?

3. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?

4. Where is the former priest who renounced his faith and married his housekeeper?

5. What is the priest's response when a man says it is better not to believe in God?

(see the answer key)

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