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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they reach the town, what is the priest's request of the lieutenant?
(a) That the children be kept away from his execution.
(b) That his execution will be quick.
(c) That he get Father José to hear his confession.
(d) That he will have a good lawyer.

2. 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.

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

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

5. How does the boy react to the man at the door?
(a) He learns he is a priest and falls to his knees and kisses his hand.
(b) He believes he is dreaming.
(c) He threatens to find his friend the lieutenant.
(d) He slams the door in the man's face.

6. What does the priest do as he exits the hut.
(a) He falls to his knees and starts begging for his life.
(b) He starts laughing and tells the police the mestizo has fooled them.
(c) He thanks the lieutenant for allowing him to see the Yankee.
(d) He attempts to steal a horse and make a run for it.

7. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?
(a) The Indian woman.
(b) The lieutenant.
(c) The mestizo.
(d) Mr. Trench

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

9. What is it that makes the priest say the lieutenant is both right and wrong?
(a) That priests are all evil.
(b) That the Church is filled with hypocritical people.
(c) That the Church robs the poor for its own enrichment.
(d) That the poor do not really understand the Church.

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

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

12. Why do the priest and the lieutenant re-enter the hut with the now dead Yankee?
(a) They must arrange for the Yankee's burial.
(b) The priest lures him in, hoping to get hold of the Yankee's gun.
(c) It starts to rain heavily.
(d) The lieutenant wants a firm identification of the Yankee.

13. What does the priest wonder about the other prisoners?
(a) Which one will trun him in.
(b) If some of them carry disease.
(c) If any of them will get shot.
(d) What they did to get put in jail.

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

15. Why does the priest return to the banana plantation?
(a) He hopes to find the American fugitive.
(b) He is looking for Coral who offered to help him.
(c) He only knows how to go there.
(d) He thinks it is safe because the lieutenant has already been there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest say he can do even though he himself is bad?

2. How does the mestizo give himself away?

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

4. What is the priest's response when a man says it is better not to believe in God?

5. In his dream, who is pouring the wine for the mass into his glass?

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