The Power and the Glory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Power and the Glory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the woman he meets in the village not recognize him at first?
(a) She tells the priest that it has been so long since anyone there has seen him.
(b) She tells the priest that he has lost a lot of weight.
(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.

3. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?
(a) He shouts louder.
(b) He takes a boat across the river.
(c) He turns around and goes back to his hammock.
(d) The man begins to follow him and eventually catches up to him.

4. Why does Coral want her father to speak to the policeman?
(a) He won't tell her what he's looking for.
(b) He does not speak English.
(c) She thinks he is an imposter.
(d) She does not like him.

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

6. Who does the priest see as he approaches a small town?
(a) He sees a mestizo man on a hammock.
(b) He sees the lieutenant riding while his men walk.
(c) He sees a wanted poster with an old photo of him on it.
(d) He sees a man leading a cow.

7. What does the mestizo tell the priest?
(a) That he wants to get to know him better.
(b) That he needs a guide to help him get to Carmen.
(c) That he wants the priest to help him catch the American.
(d) That he is going to Carmen, too, and suggests that they go together.

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

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

10. Where do the police take the man they do not recognize as being a priest?
(a) To the hotel.
(b) To the Police Chief.
(c) To the jail.
(d) Back to the cantina.

11. Why does the lieutenant like to think about the priest who is still living?
(a) He is awaiting execution and the lieutenant will get to hang him.
(b) He has disgraced the Church and the people have all turned against him.
(c) He serves as an example the lieutenant can use to tell the children.
(d) He is pleased most of all by this man, a living example to all of the weakness of faith.

12. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?
(a) He tells him he has no business here.
(b) He asks if he can get anything for the priest.
(c) He asks what he had been doing with his daughter.
(d) He tells him he can stay as long as he likes.

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

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

15. 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 that he has never been there before.
(c) He says it is too hot and dusty.
(d) He says the church was once very beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the priest ask the woman?

2. What announcement is made as the priest and the beverage seller are having a glass of wine?

3. What is the lieutenant's ambition?

4. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?

5. What is Greene's continued contrast of the two priests?

(see the answer keys)

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