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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against all advice, which way does the priest head after leaving the village?
(a) Back the way he came because he heard thepolice have come and gone.
(b) Straight for Concepcion.
(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.

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

3. What surprises the lieutenant?
(a) That the Police Chief entered his office without knocking.
(b) That the Governor even knows they are there.
(c) That the last priest was not shot weeks ago.
(d) That the Police Chief is so calm.

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

5. What does the seller of alcoholic beverages offer the priest?
(a) He offers him a case of red wine.
(b) He offers him tequila and whisky.
(c) He offers him some rum from Cuba.
(d) The man offers him one bottle of wine plus a bottle of brandy.

6. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?
(a) About a boy named Juan, a very holy boy who grows up to be a martyr.
(b) About the virgin of Guadalupe.
(c) About St. Stephen who was martyred for his faith.
(d) About how Jesus was killed for His faith.

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

8. What is the Police Chief's concern?
(a) He is a religious man and does not like the new laws.
(b) The Governor is still waiting for the paperwork that should have already been finished.
(c) The Governor has been on his case because they suspect a priest is on the run in their state.
(d) The lieutenant is not serious about finding the runaway priest.

9. 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 the priest on their property.
(c) She has been making whisky in the shed.
(d) She has hidden her boyfriend on their property.

10. 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 that have not escaped have been hunted down and killed.
(c) The priests are being sent to the mine quarries.
(d) Priests are being sent to concentration camps.

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

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

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

14. What does Mr. Trench notice about the environment in the town?
(a) The jungle is encroaching on the village.
(b) The land is dusty and hot with buzzards flying overhead.
(c) It looks like a tropical garden.
(d) It is cold and there are no birds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the lieutenant arrives, why does he not recognize the priest?

2. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?

3. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?

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

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

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