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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lieutenant see on his walk through the town?
(a) He sees Mr. Trench walking as though he had been drinking.
(b) He sees old women making the sign of the cross.
(c) He sees many new shops and a lot of business.
(d) He sees all the old symbols of the Church he has helped destroy.

2. What does the priest hope to find in Carmen?
(a) He needs a replacement Bible for the one he left in Mr. Trench's house.
(b) He needs to find old family members who will help him.
(c) He needs some of the clothes he left behind.
(d) He needs wine so he can say mass.

3. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.
(b) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(c) He committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.
(d) One priest conformed to the Governor's law, renounced his faith and married his housekeeper.

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

5. What does the mestizo tell the priest?
(a) That he wants the priest to help him catch the American.
(b) That he is going to Carmen, too, and suggests that they go together.
(c) That he wants to get to know him better.
(d) That he needs a guide to help him get to Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the police suspect about the priest?

3. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?

4. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?

5. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?

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