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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 1 (through page 83).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the priest ask the woman?
(a) He asks how long he can stay there.
(b) He asks if the police have been there.
(c) He asks if she has any brandy.
(d) Without looking at her he asks with embarrassment about Brigetta.

2. What is the secret sin of the running priest?
(a) He embezzled money from the church coffers.
(b) He fathered a child with one of his parishioners.
(c) He is addicted to heroin.
(d) He murdered a policeman who was about to arrest him.

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

4. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?
(a) To the town for supplies.
(b) The banana plantation on which he lives and works.
(c) To look for the stranger he thinks is a doctor.
(d) To find the American and collect the reward.

5. How does Mr. Trench feel when the man leaves with the boy?
(a) As the man leaves Mr. Trench is lonely.
(b) He is curious about the strange man.
(c) He feels relieved that the stranger is gone.
(d) He is happy for the brandy the man left behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Fellows tell the policeman that satisfies him?

2. Where do they think the priest may have gone?

3. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?

4. What makes his escape doubly difficult?

5. Why is the lieutenant eager to hunt down the priest?

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