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

2. What does the lieutenant tell Captain Fellows he is doing?
(a) He is taking a census.
(b) He is campaigning for governor.
(c) He is looking for a priest wanted for treason.
(d) He is looking for a good place to fish.

3. For what is the American wanted?
(a) Bank robbery and murder.
(b) Smuggling priests out of the country.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Running guns across the border.

4. Why is the lieutenant eager to hunt down the priest?
(a) He thinks hunting a man is better than hunting deer.
(b) He sees it as a chance for a promotion.
(c) He wants the Police Chief's job.
(d) He has an intense hatred of priests and the church.

5. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(b) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.
(c) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(d) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

2. What does Mr. Trench regret when he sees a man selling mineral water?

3. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?

4. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?

5. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

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