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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once in the village, why is the Yankee looking around?
(a) He expects something to happen at any moment.
(b) He is trying to find a good place to hide.
(c) He is looking for something to drink.
(d) He is in his death throes.

2. How well does the priest sleep in the crowded cell?
(a) He sleeps soundly from exhaustion.
(b) He leans against the wall and drifts in and out of sleep.
(c) He cannot sleep at all because of the noise.
(d) He does not sleep for thinking about his death.

3. With what knowledge does the priest continue on to the village.
(a) He is sure the Yankee is not the American murderer.
(b) He knows that the Yankee is already dead.
(c) Now he is certain the police are waiting for him there.
(d) He knows he can finally repent but there is no one to absolve him.

4. What awakens the boy in the middle of the night?
(a) His mother's coughing.
(b) His younger brother who cannot sleep.
(c) A loud knocking at the door.
(d) Bad dreams.

5. What does the priest hear from outside the hut where he is with the dying Yankee?
(a) The lieutenant's voice asking if he is finished.
(b) The mestizo demanding his money.
(c) The clamor of horses riding up.
(d) The Indian woman screaming at the police for killing her son.

6. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?
(a) Villagers armed with sticks and stones.
(b) A group of policemen on horseback.
(c) A large chasm they have to cross.
(d) An Indian hut village in the distance.

7. What have Mr. and Mrs. Fellows agreed not to do?
(a) Press charges against the police.
(b) Mention their daughter's name.
(c) Think about the future.
(d) Tell anyone they are leaving.

8. What is the symbolism Greene uses with the priest's card trick?
(a) That the priest will be able to get away by trickery.
(b) To the lieutenant is symbolizes how the priest was able to hide for so long.
(c) To the lieutenant it symbolizes the tricks of the Church.
(d) That life is like a game of cards.

9. Where do the priest and the Indian woman go?
(a) They move into one of the vacant huts.
(b) They walk down to the river.
(c) They head for the cemetery in Carmen.
(d) They hike into the mountains.

10. What option does the lieutenant offer to the priest?
(a) To renounce his religion and stay alive in jail.
(b) To be executed in a group of other condemned men or by himself.
(c) To have a big last meal or a full bottle of brandy.
(d) To get killed in an attempt to escape jail.

11. Where does the man with the gun take the priest?
(a) To his house down in the valley.
(b) To the police station.
(c) Back to Carmen.
(d) To a safe place where there is a church.

12. Where is the priest planning to go after he leaves the village?
(a) Las Casas.
(b) Concepcion.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Mexico City.

13. What are the weather conditions in the mountains?
(a) There is freezing rain.
(b) The wind is hurricane force.
(c) It is sunny and cool.
(d) It is dry and hot.

14. At first, what does the woman who speaks to the priest believe about him?
(a) That he is not really a priest.
(b) That he is a martyr.
(c) That God will spare his life because he is the last one.
(d) That he will get out of jail by denying his faith.

15. What happens to him instead of being killed?
(a) He is given a job to clean out the cells to pay for his fine.
(b) He is sent to the governor for interrogation.
(c) He is enlisted to help hunt down the priest.
(d) He is ordered to leave the town and never return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lieutenant do after the priest falls dead?

2. Why does Mr. Fellows want to stay in Mexico?

3. Why does he believe that Coral is immune from harm if she helps him?

4. What is it that makes the priest say the lieutenant is both right and wrong?

5. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?

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