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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 he will have a good lawyer.
(c) That he get Father José to hear his confession.
(d) That his execution will be quick.

2. After he finds a place by an old man, what does he hear?
(a) The old man thinks gringos are responsible for all the problems in Mexico.
(b) The man begins talking angrily about priests, blaming them for the misery in his life.
(c) The old man thinks his family had him arrested to get his money.
(d) The old man blames the lieutenant for all his troubles.

3. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the police will shoot him from a distance.
(b) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(c) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.
(d) If the police have left the village.

4. In the village, before seeing the Yankee, for what does the priest wish?
(a) That the police would hurry up and show themselves.
(b) That God would take him before the police have a chance.
(c) That his luck will hold out one more time.
(d) That he had another bottle of wine.

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

6. 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 slams the door in the man's face.
(d) He threatens to find his friend the lieutenant.

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

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

9. 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 asks the priest to say a prayer.
(c) He gives the priest a Bible.
(d) He gives the priest five pesos.

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

11. In his dream, who is pouring the wine for the mass into his glass?
(a) Mr. Trench.
(b) The lieutenant.
(c) Coral.
(d) The mestizo.

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

13. How does the mestizo give himself away?
(a) He tells how the police brought the wounded Yankee to the Indian village.
(b) The priest ask if they will let him see the Yankee and he says of course they will.
(c) He tells the priest that he will only have ten minutes with the Yankee.
(d) He gets drunk on wine and starts talking about the police in the village.

14. What does Mr. Trench see out of the window at the Police chief's office?
(a) A pile of bodies being set on fire.
(b) The boys playing at performing an execution.
(c) The execution of the priest.
(d) The priest being blindfolded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest say to the lieutenant as a parting word?

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

3. What is the priest's reply when the lieutenant then says he will be a martyr?

4. What does the priest attempt to do sitting on the floor of his cell?

5. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?

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