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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings out a feeling of compassion in the priest for the mestizo?
(a) The man never complains about his great hunger.
(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 mestizo begins to cry, talking about his dead children.

2. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?
(a) He tells him he can stay as long as he likes.
(b) He asks if he can get anything for the priest.
(c) He asks what he had been doing with his daughter.
(d) He tells him he has no business here.

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

4. How is the meeting between the priest and Brigetta?
(a) It is meaningful but painful for them both.
(b) It is like an iceberg without emotion.
(c) It is meaningless, the she sticks out her tongue and runs away.
(d) It is warm and tearful.

5. Who is the last priest on the run from the police?
(a) An unnamed man who is far from a perfect holy man.
(b) A monsignor disguised as a farmer.
(c) A pious priest who is protected by the peons.
(d) A man who calls himself Julian.

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

7. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.
(b) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.
(c) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(d) One priest conformed to the Governor's law, renounced his faith and married his housekeeper.

8. What announcement is made as the priest and the beverage seller are having a glass of wine?
(a) The hotel owner warns of an coming storm.
(b) The hotel owner announces that his rates have just gone up.
(c) The hotel owner enters and says that the Chief of Police is coming.
(d) The hotel owner says they cannot drink in his establishment.

9. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(b) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(c) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.
(d) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.

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

11. What is the condition of the priest as he heads home from the plantation?
(a) He has become determined to oppose thepolice.
(b) He is drunk and keeps falling off his mule.
(c) He has tried to change his appearance so he will not be easily recognized.
(d) He has on new clothes so his family will not be ashamed.

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

13. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
(a) He is tempted to run away and commit suicide.
(b) He is tempted to turn the villagers in for seeking a priest.
(c) He is tempted to seek a divorce and return to the Church.
(d) He is tempted to say a quick prayer and starts to make the sign of the cross in the air.

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

15. What does Captain Fellows eventually realize that Coral has done?
(a) She has painted religious symbols on the walls of the barn.
(b) She has hidden her boyfriend on their property.
(c) She has hidden the priest on their property.
(d) She has been making whisky in the shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Trench notice about the environment in the town?

2. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?

3. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

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

5. What is the situation as the novel opens?

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