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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?
(a) He knows now he will never escape and in his mind he is praying to be caught soon.
(b) He thinks he just might settle down in this town.
(c) He wonders if the boy's family has anything to drink.
(d) He thinks the whole area will start bringing their sick to him.

2. Where is the priest planning to go after he leaves the village?
(a) Concepcion.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Las Casas.
(d) Carmen.

3. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?
(a) The door of a widow.
(b) The house of the alcalde.
(c) The house of Father José.
(d) The house of the lieutenant.

4. What question from the mestizo alarms the priest?
(a) He asks what his business is in Carmen.
(b) He asks if he is a priest.
(c) He asks if he has any brandy.
(d) He asks if he is on the run from the police.

5. After he finds a place by an old man, what does he hear?
(a) The old man blames the lieutenant for all his troubles.
(b) The old man thinks his family had him arrested to get his money.
(c) The man begins talking angrily about priests, blaming them for the misery in his life.
(d) The old man thinks gringos are responsible for all the problems in Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man try to get out of going with the boy?

2. What is it like for the priest in the Mexican prison?

3. Where does the man with the gun take the priest?

4. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?

5. What does Coral find in the barn that makes her empathize with the Priest's pain?

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