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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?
(a) One is a whisky priest and the other is not.
(b) Both men are sinners and cannot be considered good priests, yet they choose very different paths.
(c) One refuses his responsibility but the other tries to run away from responsibility.
(d) The only difference is that one of them is married.

3. What does the lieutenant tell Captain Fellows he is doing?
(a) He is taking a census.
(b) He is campaigning for governor.
(c) He is looking for a priest wanted for treason.
(d) He is looking for a good place to fish.

4. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?
(a) The boys should be in school.
(b) For their sakes, he will start a massacre.
(c) The boys will one day be policemen and soldiers.
(d) These boys know that the gun is more powerful than the Bible.

5. What is the boy looking for when he knocks on Mr. Trench's door?
(a) The post office.
(b) A handout.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Fellows learn about the policeman?

2. What does Father José fear if he says a prayer at the graveside?

3. What surprises the lieutenant?

4. Where is Captain Fellows' wife when he reaches his house?

5. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?

(see the answer key)

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