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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 name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
(a) Pickled priest.
(b) Smelly sermonizer.
(c) Wine bibber.
(d) Whisky priest.

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

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

4. On his morning walk, what does Mr. Trench hear?
(a) The sound of an explosion.
(b) A monkey chattering in the trees.
(c) Horses racing into town.
(d) A man speaking English.

5. Who is the last priest on the run from the police?
(a) A monsignor disguised as a farmer.
(b) A man who calls himself Julian.
(c) A pious priest who is protected by the peons.
(d) An unnamed man who is far from a perfect holy man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the situation as the novel opens?

2. For what is the American wanted?

3. What is the lieutenant's ambition?

4. What surprises the lieutenant?

5. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

(see the answer key)

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