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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 Captain Fellows learn about the policeman?
(a) That he is a lieutenant.
(b) That he has a warrant for the captain's arrest.
(c) That he comes from Oaxaca.
(d) That he is looking for land to buy.

2. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?
(a) He gives the mestizo his last few coins.
(b) He gives the mestizo his crucifix.
(c) He hears the mestizo's confession.
(d) He shares a drink of wine.

3. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(b) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(c) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.
(d) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.

4. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the police will shoot him from a distance.
(b) If the police have left the village.
(c) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(d) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.

5. What weakness does the priest have causes him more difficulty?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He is a kleptomaniac.
(c) He is addicted to sex.
(d) He is vain about his appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new information does the priest receive in the village?

2. What prompts Mr. Trench to invite the stranger to his house?

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

4. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?

5. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?

(see the answer key)

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