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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lieutenant do after the priest falls dead?
(a) He turns to see the boy watching him.
(b) He goes off and cries.
(c) He walks up and shoots him again.
(d) He orders the body be taken to the Church for burial.

2. Why can he not say the act of contrition?
(a) He is confused and cannot recall the words.
(b) He is too terrified to think.
(c) He has long ago forgotten the words.
(d) He does not believe he has the right.

3. What is the priest's response when a man says it is better not to believe in God?
(a) He says the man is probably right, but he cannot change this late in life.
(b) He says the man will change his mind just before he dies.
(c) He says that God hears blasphemy whenever it is spoken.
(d) He asks if they believed the Governor did not exist would they not be in prison?

4. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?
(a) The police are there waiting for him.
(b) It has been abandoned.
(c) His mule has returned there, too.
(d) Only the girl is there.

5. What surprises the lieutenant as they talk inside the hut?
(a) That the priest has decided to be a martyr.
(b) That the priest has a daughter.
(c) That the priest is a whiskey priest.
(d) That the priest offers him a large bribe to let him go.

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

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

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

9. What does the woman say she when she hears the priest say he has not repented of his sins and doesn't want to.
(a) That he is speaking out of fear and a martyr is never afraid.
(b) That he is just saying that to spare the other prisoners.
(c) She will light a candle for him when she gets out of jail.
(d) She will write the bisdhop as soon as she gets out of jail.

10. How does the priest earn money?
(a) Teaching in the local school.
(b) Making wine for the village.
(c) Charging for masses, baptisms, and hearing confessions.
(d) Entertaining with stories on Friday nights.

11. Why does the priest say that the lieutenant's dream of helping the people is unrealistic?
(a) Because the lieutenant will never have enough power to do it.
(b) Because not everyone who says they want to help the poor are good people.
(c) Because the poor people will always need the Church.
(d) Because the poor people will become lazy and wait for handouts.

12. What is the significance of the scene with Mrs. Fellows lying ill in a hotel bed?
(a) Coral, her daughter, is not there and it is clear that she is dead.
(b) She has run away from her husband, trying to return to England.
(c) Her sickness represents the ills of society.
(d) It is symbolic of the pending death of the priest.

13. How does the priest awake the morning of his scheduled execution?
(a) With despair knowing this is his last day.
(b) With great hope because of his dream the night before.
(c) Confused, not knowing where he is.
(d) Thinking he is already dead and in heaven.

14. What is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?
(a) A Bible she hid there.
(b) The jewelry she hid there.
(c) Some dried meat she has been saving.
(d) The body of her son.

15. How far away is the Yankee when the priest sends the guide and mules back?
(a) About one hour away.
(b) Just down the hill.
(c) Just on the outskirts.
(d) A day's travel on foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?

2. What makes the priest cry as he speaks his confession?

3. Why do the priest and the lieutenant re-enter the hut with the now dead Yankee?

4. What does the priest do as he exits the hut.

5. How often is the priest allowed to say mass in the village?

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