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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is the priest allowed to say mass in the village?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every day.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) A couple of times.

2. What strange thing does the lieutenant do before he sends the priest out of the jail?
(a) He returns the priest's brandy.
(b) He gives the priest a Bible.
(c) He gives the priest five pesos.
(d) He asks the priest to say a prayer.

3. What is the priest's reply when the lieutenant then says he will be a martyr?
(a) Martyrs are a peso a dozen, but people need live priests.
(b) The priest says he cannot be a martyr, not after the life he has led.
(c) Without the Church, the people will not remember the martyrs.
(d) What good is being a martyr when you have to die to be one?

4. What does the priest reply when the lieutenant says he never thought the priest would return?
(a) What else could he do against the armed mestizo?
(b) After a while everyone gets tired of running.
(c) I never thought I would, either.
(d) Even a coward has a sense of duty.

5. Where does the priest wake up after meeting the man with the gun?
(a) In the home of the Lehrs, a brother and sister from Germany.
(b) In jail.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) Inside the small church.

6. What does Mr. Lehr not like about the Catholic Church?
(a) The color of the church buildings.
(b) The amount of wine they use.
(c) The simplicity of the churches.
(d) All the rules.

7. What is the result of the lieutenant's visit with Father José?
(a) Father José is terrified and will not come to the jail.
(b) Father José curses and says he is no longer a priest.
(c) Father José says the man they have is not a real priest.
(d) Father José agrees if the lieutenant will guarantee his safety.

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

9. Although he believes the mestizo is laying a trap for him, what does the priest do?
(a) He assures Mr. Lehr that he will be all right.
(b) He gives the mestizo all his money.
(c) He turns and heads for the Yankee.
(d) He holds a gun on the mestizo but goes with him.

10. What does the priest admit in the prison?
(a) That the Church has always been wrong.
(b) That Christianity makes people brave.
(c) That he cannot excape death.
(d) That he is a bad priest and a bad man.

11. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?
(a) He gives the mestizo his crucifix.
(b) He gives the mestizo his last few coins.
(c) He shares a drink of wine.
(d) He hears the mestizo's confession.

12. To what does the priest compare the disciplines of the church?
(a) The constitution of a democracy.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) Preparing troops for battle.
(d) The secular laws of the land.

13. What is it like for the priest in the Mexican prison?
(a) It is brightly lit but very crowded.
(b) He notices there is no place to sit.
(c) He finds himself in a room filled with murderers.
(d) It is dark and crowded with many different sounds.

14. What does the boy do as the lieutenant walks by?
(a) He asks if he can touch his gun again.
(b) He draws the curtains so the lieutenant cannot see him crying.
(c) He crinkles his nose and spits at the policeman.
(d) He grins and waves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On his way north, who does the priest meet?

2. Where is the priest planning to go after he leaves the village?

3. What does Mr. Trench see out of the window at the Police chief's office?

4. What is the symbolism Greene uses with the priest's card trick?

5. How does the priest awake the morning of his scheduled execution?

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