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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A catalog.
(c) A novel.
(d) A straw hat.

2. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
(a) Smelly sermonizer.
(b) Whisky priest.
(c) Pickled priest.
(d) Wine bibber.

3. How often is the priest allowed to say mass in the village?
(a) A couple of times.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Twice a week.

4. Why does the priest return to the banana plantation?
(a) He hopes to find the American fugitive.
(b) He thinks it is safe because the lieutenant has already been there.
(c) He is looking for Coral who offered to help him.
(d) He only knows how to go there.

5. How does the mestizo attempt to get the priest to admit that he is a priest?
(a) He quotes scripture to see if the priest will respond.
(b) He condemns the Church for all its inadequacies.
(c) He tells the priest about another priest he helped to excape.
(d) He says he is a good Christian and asks the priest to say a prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the situation as the novel opens?

2. What does the seller of alcoholic beverages offer the priest?

3. Why does the priest envy the people of the village?

4. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?

5. What does the priest hope to find in Carmen?

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