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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. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?
(a) The boys will one day be policemen and soldiers.
(b) The boys should be in school.
(c) These boys know that the gun is more powerful than the Bible.
(d) For their sakes, he will start a massacre.

2. Where do they put the old photo of the priest?
(a) On the wall next to one of an American fugitive.
(b) In an old filing cabinet.
(c) The lieutenant folds it and puts it in his pocket.
(d) In the newspaper office to have posters made.

3. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?
(a) The lieutenant.
(b) Mr. Trench
(c) The mestizo.
(d) The Indian woman.

4. What is the priest able to do in this village?
(a) Live in a hotel.
(b) Hide where the police cannot find him.
(c) Drink all the brandy he wants.
(d) Hold mass, baptize, and hear confessions.

5. What new information does the priest receive in the village?
(a) That the police have given up looking for him.
(b) That the village will be completely blocked off within three days.
(c) That the police will return the following morning to take another hostage.
(d) The police already took one hostage from Conceptión and murdered a man named Pedro Montez.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?

2. When the lieutenant arrives, why does he not recognize the priest?

3. Why does the priest say that the lieutenant's dream of helping the people is unrealistic?

4. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?

5. What surprises the lieutenant as they talk inside the hut?

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