1. Where is Captain Fellows' wife when he reaches his house?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Out with the chickens.
(c) Sick in bed.
(d) Doing the laundry.

2. 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) The boys will one day be policemen and soldiers.
(c) For their sakes, he will start a massacre.
(d) These boys know that the gun is more powerful than the Bible.

3. Where is the former priest who renounced his faith and married his housekeeper?
(a) Father José is sitting in his house reflecting on his poor life.
(b) Father José is teaching in the school.
(c) Father José is hiding in the jungle.
(d) Father José is working in the police station.

4. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?
(a) She tells him she wanted to make the lieutenant angry.
(b) She tells him she had forgotten to hide the last batch of whisky.
(c) She tells him they had no right to do it.
(d) She tells him that she did not trust the lieutenant.

5. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.
(b) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(c) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.
(d) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.