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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 tells him about all the crimes hes has committed.
(b) The priest then notices that the mestizo man is ill, and he begins to feel sorry for him.
(c) The man never complains about his great hunger.
(d) The mestizo begins to cry, talking about his dead children.

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

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

4. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?
(a) His brother broke his arm.
(b) His sister is having a baby.
(c) His horse is sick.
(d) His mother is sick.

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

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

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

8. What question from the mestizo alarms the priest?
(a) He asks if he has any brandy.
(b) He asks if he is on the run from the police.
(c) He asks if he is a priest.
(d) He asks what his business is in Carmen.

9. What does the lieutenant see on his walk through the town?
(a) He sees old women making the sign of the cross.
(b) He sees Mr. Trench walking as though he had been drinking.
(c) He sees many new shops and a lot of business.
(d) He sees all the old symbols of the Church he has helped destroy.

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

11. What makes his escape doubly difficult?
(a) There is a price on his head for anyone who turns him in.
(b) He is lame.
(c) He does not know how to ride a horse.
(d) His photograph is being circulated widely.

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

13. Back to the mother reading stories to her children, what does she tell them about the grown up Juan?
(a) He has grown up and been ordained a priest.
(b) He has grown up and become a school teacher.
(c) He has grown up and now hates the Church.
(d) He has grown up and leaves for another country.

14. What is Greene's continued contrast of the two priests?
(a) One obeys the law and the other one does not.
(b) One has a house and the other one does not.
(c) They are both afraid of death, but the priest still tries to act as a priest while Father José does not.
(d) One has compassion and the other one has only fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?

3. What prompts Mr. Trench to invite the stranger to his house?

4. Where do they put the old photo of the priest?

5. In trying to get away from the people chasing him, on whose door does the priest knock?

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