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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the deadline for catching the priest?
(a) He must be caught before the Governor arrives.
(b) The priest must be caught this month.
(c) They must catch the priest in one week.
(d) They have until the end of the year to catch him.

2. What does the priest hear as he crosses the river on his mule?
(a) He looks back and sees the mestizo man trying to get his attention but the priest ignores him.
(b) He hears thunder and thinks it will rain.
(c) He hears the sounds of a large herd of cattle coming his way.
(d) He hears gun shots that probably mean hostages have been killed.

3. Why does the priest envy the people of the village?
(a) They have large, happy families.
(b) They are all rich.
(c) They have never feared the police.
(d) They can get absolution, but he cannot.

4. How is the meeting between the priest and Brigetta?
(a) It is warm and tearful.
(b) It is meaningless, the she sticks out her tongue and runs away.
(c) It is meaningful but painful for them both.
(d) It is like an iceberg without emotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information dismays the priest?

2. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?

3. What does the priest reply when the lieutenant says he never thought the priest would return?

4. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?

5. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?

(see the answer key)

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