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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 brings out a feeling of compassion in the priest for the mestizo?
(a) The mestizo begins to cry, talking about his dead children.
(b) The priest then notices that the mestizo man is ill, and he begins to feel sorry for him.
(c) The man never complains about his great hunger.
(d) The man tells him about all the crimes hes has committed.

2. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?
(a) He shouts louder.
(b) The man begins to follow him and eventually catches up to him.
(c) He takes a boat across the river.
(d) He turns around and goes back to his hammock.

3. Where do the police take the man they do not recognize as being a priest?
(a) To the hotel.
(b) Back to the cantina.
(c) To the Police Chief.
(d) To the jail.

4. What appeal does the girl make to the priest as he is leaving the village?
(a) She wants him to give her something.
(b) She only knows he is her father and she wants him to stay.
(c) She wants him never to return.
(d) She wants to tell him she loves him.

5. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?
(a) He has grown up and leaves for another country.
(b) He has grown up and become a school teacher.
(c) He has grown up and now hates the Church.
(d) He has grown up and been ordained a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?

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

3. How well does the priest sleep in the crowded cell?

4. What is the Police Chief's concern?

5. What is the symbolism Greene uses with the priest's card trick?

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