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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Captain Fellows learn about the policeman?
(a) That he comes from Oaxaca.
(b) That he is a lieutenant.
(c) That he has a warrant for the captain's arrest.
(d) That he is looking for land to buy.

4. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?
(a) She tells him she had forgotten to hide the last batch of whisky.
(b) She tells him that she did not trust the lieutenant.
(c) She tells him she wanted to make the lieutenant angry.
(d) She tells him they had no right to do it.

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

6. Talking to the mestizo, what does the priest learn?
(a) The police are recruiting local men to help search for the priest.
(b) The police have not been that way as yet.
(c) The police are not heading for Carmen but are going to a larger city.
(d) The police have taken twenty more hostages.

7. What does Father José fear if he says a prayer at the graveside?
(a) His police protection will be taken away if he performs a religious act.
(b) He will get in trouble, lose his pension or even be killed for practicing his religion, which he has renounced.
(c) The authroities will put him in jail for blasphemy.
(d) He will be mocked by the lieutenant for practicing a religion he renounced.

8. Although there is no love between him and the woman, how does the priest feel about Brigetta, his daughter?
(a) He feels a love and responsibility.
(b) He feels that he will one day be able to send her away.
(c) He feels it would be better for them to remain strangers.
(d) He feels that she is the visible reminder of his sin.

9. What weakness does the priest have causes him more difficulty?
(a) He is vain about his appearance.
(b) He is a kleptomaniac.
(c) He is an alcoholic.
(d) He is addicted to sex.

10. What does Mr. Trench's guest say about the town?
(a) The man says this place was very nice when they still had God.
(b) He says it is too hot and dusty.
(c) He says that he has never been there before.
(d) He says the church was once very beautiful.

11. Where is the former priest who renounced his faith and married his housekeeper?
(a) Father José is teaching in the school.
(b) Father José is sitting in his house reflecting on his poor life.
(c) Father José is working in the police station.
(d) Father José is hiding in the jungle.

12. Why is the lieutenant eager to hunt down the priest?
(a) He sees it as a chance for a promotion.
(b) He has an intense hatred of priests and the church.
(c) He thinks hunting a man is better than hunting deer.
(d) He wants the Police Chief's job.

13. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
(a) Pickled priest.
(b) Smelly sermonizer.
(c) Whisky priest.
(d) Wine bibber.

14. What does the priest hope to find in Carmen?
(a) He needs to find old family members who will help him.
(b) He needs some of the clothes he left behind.
(c) He needs a replacement Bible for the one he left in Mr. Trench's house.
(d) He needs wine so he can say mass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last priest on the run from the police?

2. To what Biblical character does the priest compare the mestizo?

3. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?

4. What is the situation as the novel opens?

5. What does Captain Fellows tell the policeman that satisfies him?

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