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

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

3. How many priests has the lieutenant already executed?
(a) He has never gotten close enough to a priest to kill one.
(b) He has shot one priest and wants to get another one soon.
(c) He has killed twenty priests and only this one remains.
(d) He has shot five but several escaped including the bishop, who is safely in Mexico City.

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

5. Where do they put the old photo of the priest?
(a) The lieutenant folds it and puts it in his pocket.
(b) On the wall next to one of an American fugitive.
(c) In an old filing cabinet.
(d) In the newspaper office to have posters made.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?

2. What is the lieutenant's ambition?

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

4. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

5. How does the man try to get out of going with the boy?

(see the answer key)

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