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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Mr. Trench to invite the stranger to his house?
(a) The stranger has a long wait for his ship.
(b) The stranger says he has a British newspaper.
(c) The stranger looks like a priest.
(d) The stranger mentions he has some brandy.

2. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?
(a) He will be heavily disguised.
(b) No one will tell them what he looks like.
(c) They have no photo of him at all.
(d) The only picture they have of him is very old.

3. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?
(a) The house of the lieutenant.
(b) The house of the alcalde.
(c) The house of Father José.
(d) The door of a widow.

4. What is the lieutenant's ambition?
(a) He wants to send young boys to the seminary so that they can reform the church.
(b) He hopes to wipe out all memories of the Church so the children will have no knowledge of it.
(c) He wants to turn Mexico into a socialist state with him as the President.
(d) He wants to establish his own religion with him as it head.

5. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?
(a) A catalog.
(b) A novel.
(c) A straw hat.
(d) A Bible.

6. 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 tells him about all the crimes hes has committed.
(d) The man never complains about his great hunger.

7. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?
(a) As the Chief gets drunk he begins to tell the men about the hunt for the priest.
(b) The Chief of Police gets drunk and tells how he hates the lieutenant.
(c) The priest learns that the lieutenant will arrive in the city next month.
(d) He learns that more hostages have been shot.

8. How does the mestizo attempt to get the priest to admit that he is a priest?
(a) He says he is a good Christian and asks the priest to say a prayer.
(b) He condemns the Church for all its inadequacies.
(c) He tells the priest about another priest he helped to excape.
(d) He quotes scripture to see if the priest will respond.

9. Later, in another village, what does an old man request of the priest?
(a) He asks the priest to share his wine.
(b) He asks the priest to hurry and leave.
(c) He asks the priest to renounce his faith and surrender.
(d) He asks the priest to say mass and hear confessions.

10. What does Coral find in the barn that makes her empathize with the Priest's pain?
(a) A broken wine bottle.
(b) Tear stains on the blanket she gave him to sleep on.
(c) The small case he left behind.
(d) A series of small crosses he drew on the wall.

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

12. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?
(a) They act suspiciously as though they might call the police.
(b) They rush to greet him, crying because they thought he was dead.
(c) Only a few people gather at a distance and look at him, and no one comes to kiss his hand.
(d) They turn their backs on him and pretend he is not there.

13. After the brandy is taken, what does the priest do?
(a) He offers to get more brandy for the man.
(b) He tells of seeing a priest near Carmen.
(c) He runs.
(d) He begis acting like he is insane.

14. How does the Chief of Police react when he sees the alcohol?
(a) He becomes angry because there is a prohibition on alcohol.
(b) He knows the seller so he pretends not to see.
(c) He confiscates the alcohol and leaves.
(d) The Chief's face lights up at the sight of the alcohol and he sits down to join the drinkers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the priest ask the woman?

2. Where is Captain Fellows' wife when he reaches his house?

3. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?

4. How does Greene set up the scene to show the despair of Father José?

5. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?

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