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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest hear as he crosses the river on his mule?
(a) He hears the sounds of a large herd of cattle coming his way.
(b) He hears gun shots that probably mean hostages have been killed.
(c) He looks back and sees the mestizo man trying to get his attention but the priest ignores him.
(d) He hears thunder and thinks it will rain.

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

3. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.
(b) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(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.

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

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

6. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?
(a) He says he understands why she did not run to him.
(b) He could not believe he did not recognize his own daughter.
(c) He says he is glad she has friends.
(d) He says he thought he had seen her.

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

8. Why does the woman he meets in the village not recognize him at first?
(a) She tells the priest that he has lost a lot of weight.
(b) She tells the priest that it has been so long since anyone there has seen him.
(c) She tells the priest he looks like a common man because of his clothes.
(d) She tells the priest that he needs a haricut.

9. What do the police suspect about the priest?
(a) They think he may have gone to the Yucatan.
(b) They believe he tried to escape to Vera Cruz but he did not catch the boat.
(c) They suspect he is in Mexico City.
(d) They think he is probably in Vera Cruz by now.

10. In the cantina, who is the man the priest bumps into?
(a) A red shirt.
(b) The Chief of Police.
(c) The mestizo.
(d) The lieutenant.

11. What is the secret sin of the running priest?
(a) He embezzled money from the church coffers.
(b) He fathered a child with one of his parishioners.
(c) He murdered a policeman who was about to arrest him.
(d) He is addicted to heroin.

12. What question does the priest ask the woman?
(a) He asks how long he can stay there.
(b) He asks if she has any brandy.
(c) He asks if the police have been there.
(d) Without looking at her he asks with embarrassment about Brigetta.

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

14. What brings out a feeling of compassion in the priest for the mestizo?
(a) The mestizo begins to cry, talking about his dead children.
(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 man tells him about all the crimes hes has committed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?

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

3. What is the boy looking for when he knocks on Mr. Trench's door?

4. Talking to the mestizo, what does the priest learn?

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

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