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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 notice about the environment in the town?
(a) It is cold and there are no birds.
(b) The land is dusty and hot with buzzards flying overhead.
(c) It looks like a tropical garden.
(d) The jungle is encroaching on the village.

2. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.
(b) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(c) One priest conformed to the Governor's law, renounced his faith and married his housekeeper.
(d) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.

3. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?
(a) His mother is sick.
(b) His horse is sick.
(c) His sister is having a baby.
(d) His brother broke his arm.

4. What is the secret sin of the running priest?
(a) He is addicted to heroin.
(b) He murdered a policeman who was about to arrest him.
(c) He embezzled money from the church coffers.
(d) He fathered a child with one of his parishioners.

5. How does the man try to get out of going with the boy?
(a) The man tries to say no, telling the boy he has to catch a boat.
(b) He tells the boy to bring his horse to Mr. Trench's house.
(c) He protests that he does not make house calls.
(d) He fakes a fainting spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?

2. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?

3. What is the lieutenant's ambition?

4. What does Captain Fellows tell the policeman that satisfies him?

5. What is the situation as the novel opens?

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