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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. To what Biblical character does the priest compare the mestizo?
(a) He compares him to King Ahab.
(b) He compares him to the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
(c) The priest feels that he is in the presence of Judas.
(d) He compares him to the leper who came to see Jesus.

2. How many priests has the lieutenant already executed?
(a) He has never gotten close enough to a priest to kill one.
(b) He has shot one priest and wants to get another one soon.
(c) He has shot five but several escaped including the bishop, who is safely in Mexico City.
(d) He has killed twenty priests and only this one remains.

3. What does the priest say he can do even though he himself is bad?
(a) He can teach children how to respect authority.
(b) He can still put the body and blood of Christ into the poor peoples' mouths.
(c) He can listen to confessions and help people feel better.
(d) He can help people when a family member dies.

4. What is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?
(a) The jewelry she hid there.
(b) A Bible she hid there.
(c) Some dried meat she has been saving.
(d) The body of her son.

5. What does the priest reply when the lieutenant says he never thought the priest would return?
(a) I never thought I would, either.
(b) Even a coward has a sense of duty.
(c) After a while everyone gets tired of running.
(d) What else could he do against the armed mestizo?

Short Answer Questions

1. After the brandy is taken, what does the priest do?

2. What happens to him instead of being killed?

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

4. How is the meeting between the priest and Brigetta?

5. Where do they think the priest may have gone?

(see the answer key)

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