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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy do as the lieutenant walks by?
(a) He asks if he can touch his gun again.
(b) He grins and waves.
(c) He draws the curtains so the lieutenant cannot see him crying.
(d) He crinkles his nose and spits at the policeman.

2. What does the lieutenant tell Captain Fellows he is doing?
(a) He is looking for a good place to fish.
(b) He is looking for a priest wanted for treason.
(c) He is taking a census.
(d) He is campaigning for governor.

3. Why does the mother tell her daughter not to mention the way the priest smelled?
(a) That he may now be one of the saints.
(b) That he was smelly because he had no home in which to take a bath.
(c) That she only imagined he smelled funny.
(d) That the priest only smelled of the communion wine.

4. In his dream, who is pouring the wine for the mass into his glass?
(a) Mr. Trench.
(b) Coral.
(c) The lieutenant.
(d) The mestizo.

5. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?
(a) He says the lieutenant told him the Bible is not true.
(b) He says that he doesn't believe the holy book.
(c) He says killing people is more fun than listening to stories.
(d) He laughs and says he is sorry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

2. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?

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

4. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?

5. What appeal does the girl make to the priest as he is leaving the village?

(see the answer key)

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