1. Why does the lieutenant like to think about the priest who is still living?
(a) He is awaiting execution and the lieutenant will get to hang him.
(b) He is pleased most of all by this man, a living example to all of the weakness of faith.
(c) He has disgraced the Church and the people have all turned against him.
(d) He serves as an example the lieutenant can use to tell the children.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Father José fear if he says a prayer at the graveside?
(a) He will get in trouble, lose his pension or even be killed for practicing his religion, which he has renounced.
(b) The authroities will put him in jail for blasphemy.
(c) His police protection will be taken away if he performs a religious act.
(d) He will be mocked by the lieutenant for practicing a religion he renounced.

5. Why does the woman he meets in the village not recognize him at first?
(a) She tells the priest that he needs a haricut.
(b) She tells the priest that he has lost a lot of weight.
(c) She tells the priest he looks like a common man because of his clothes.
(d) She tells the priest that it has been so long since anyone there has seen him.