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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Trench's guest say about the town?
(a) He says that he has never been there before.
(b) He says the church was once very beautiful.
(c) He says it is too hot and dusty.
(d) The man says this place was very nice when they still had God.

2. What does Captain Fellows learn about the policeman?
(a) That he is looking for land to buy.
(b) That he is a lieutenant.
(c) That he has a warrant for the captain's arrest.
(d) That he comes from Oaxaca.

3. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
(a) He is tempted to run away and commit suicide.
(b) He is tempted to say a quick prayer and starts to make the sign of the cross in the air.
(c) He is tempted to turn the villagers in for seeking a priest.
(d) He is tempted to seek a divorce and return to the Church.

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

5. How does Captain Fellows refuse the priest's request for brandy?
(a) He tells him the police confiscated all his liquour.
(b) He says that they never keep alcohol on the place.
(c) He tells him that brandy is too expensive to share.
(d) He tells him no because he is breaking the law enough as it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police suspect about the priest?

2. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?

3. How does Mr. Trench feel when the man leaves with the boy?

4. What does Mr. Trench notice about the environment in the town?

5. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?

(see the answer key)

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