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

2. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the police have left the village.
(b) If the police will shoot him from a distance.
(c) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(d) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.

3. What does the lieutenant see on his walk through the town?
(a) He sees Mr. Trench walking as though he had been drinking.
(b) He sees all the old symbols of the Church he has helped destroy.
(c) He sees many new shops and a lot of business.
(d) He sees old women making the sign of the cross.

4. What agitates the Yankee while the priest is speaking with him?
(a) He is agitated because he is not Catholic.
(b) He is agitated because he does not trust the mestizo.
(c) He is agitated because he has a gun in his back.
(d) He is agitated because the priest will not take his gun or a knife.

5. After he finds a place by an old man, what does he hear?
(a) The old man blames the lieutenant for all his troubles.
(b) The old man thinks gringos are responsible for all the problems in Mexico.
(c) The man begins talking angrily about priests, blaming them for the misery in his life.
(d) The old man thinks his family had him arrested to get his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what knowledge does the priest continue on to the village.

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

3. How well does the priest sleep in the crowded cell?

4. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?

5. How does the priest rationalize his guilt over the murdered hostage?

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