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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Coral say she lost her faith in God?
(a) When she lost her virginity.
(b) When she was ten years old.
(c) When her mother tried to commit suicide.
(d) When the Mexican boys started coming around.

2. What does Mr. Trench regret when he sees a man selling mineral water?
(a) That only the rich can afford to drink the mineral water.
(b) It is practically the only thing to drink in this prohibition state.
(c) That he has no money to buy some.
(d) That he did not get into that business when he had the chance.

3. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?
(a) He is at the firing range, practicing his shooting.
(b) He is sitting at his desk dealing with the prisoners when the Chief of Police enters the office.
(c) He comes to Mr. Trench's house to ask about the stranger.
(d) He is questioning the boy.

4. For what is the church in town being used?
(a) It is used to stable horses.
(b) It has been turned into a hospital.
(c) It is now the treasury building.
(d) It has been made into a hotel.

5. What is happening to the priests in this Mexican state?
(a) The priests are given twenty-four hours to leave the country.
(b) The priests are being sent to the mine quarries.
(c) Priests are being sent to concentration camps.
(d) The priests that have not escaped have been hunted down and killed.

6. What appeal does the girl make to the priest as he is leaving the village?
(a) She wants him never to return.
(b) She wants to tell him she loves him.
(c) She wants him to give her something.
(d) She only knows he is her father and she wants him to stay.

7. When they stop at a small hut, why does the priest not sleep?
(a) The mestizo snores loudly and keeps waking him up.
(b) There are too many mosquitos and he cannot sleep.
(c) The priest is very suspicious of the mestizo man and forces himself to stay awake.
(d) He keeps on listening for the soldier and the police.

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 she is the visible reminder of his sin.
(c) He feels that he will one day be able to send her away.
(d) He feels it would be better for them to remain strangers.

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

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

11. What is the boy looking for when he knocks on Mr. Trench's door?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A handout.
(d) The post office.

12. Against all advice, which way does the priest head after leaving the village?
(a) Straight for Concepcion.
(b) Toward Vera Cruz where he hopes to catch a ship.
(c) The priest heads south, away from the safety of the north, following the police.
(d) Back the way he came because he heard thepolice have come and gone.

13. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?
(a) He meets a beggar and offers to pay him for his help buying wine.
(b) He looks for the sign of a fish on a house.
(c) He asks a grocer to give him some fruit.
(d) He goes to an underground meeting of religious people.

14. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?
(a) He thinks he just might settle down in this town.
(b) He wonders if the boy's family has anything to drink.
(c) He knows now he will never escape and in his mind he is praying to be caught soon.
(d) He thinks the whole area will start bringing their sick to him.

15. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.
(b) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.
(c) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(d) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?

2. How does Mr. Trench feel when the man leaves with the boy?

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

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

5. What surprises the lieutenant?

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