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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes his escape doubly difficult?
(a) He does not know how to ride a horse.
(b) His photograph is being circulated widely.
(c) There is a price on his head for anyone who turns him in.
(d) He is lame.

2. What do the police suspect about the priest?
(a) They think he may have gone to the Yucatan.
(b) They believe he tried to escape to Vera Cruz but he did not catch the boat.
(c) They suspect he is in Mexico City.
(d) They think he is probably in Vera Cruz by now.

3. Where do they think the priest may have gone?
(a) Across the border into Texas.
(b) Conceptión, the home of his parish, or Carmen where he was born.
(c) Vera Cruz or Tampico.
(d) To Mexico City where he would be difficult to find.

4. 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) The jungle is encroaching on the village.
(d) It looks like a tropical garden.

5. What is happening to the priests in this Mexican state?
(a) The priests are given twenty-four hours to leave the country.
(b) Priests are being sent to concentration camps.
(c) The priests that have not escaped have been hunted down and killed.
(d) The priests are being sent to the mine quarries.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his morning walk, what does Mr. Trench hear?

2. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

3. What is the Police Chief's concern?

4. What weakness does the priest have causes him more difficulty?

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

(see the answer key)

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