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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual thing does the priest do in prison?
(a) He holds a mass in the prison.
(b) He begins to behave like the crazy man.
(c) He tells people there that he is a priest.
(d) He starts offering loud prayers.

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

3. In spite of the Yankee's protests, what does the priest do?
(a) He gives the Yankee last rites.
(b) He says a prayer for the Yankee's soul.
(c) He sits quietly holding the Yankee's hand.
(d) He pours wine in the Yankee's wounds.

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

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

6. How does the priest get something to eat?
(a) He fights off a dog to get a bone with some rotting meat on it.
(b) He finds some beans cooking on the stove.
(c) He kills a stray dog and cooks it.
(d) He stuffs himself with bananas.

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

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

9. What does the priest say he can do even though he himself is bad?
(a) He can still put the body and blood of Christ into the poor peoples' mouths.
(b) He can help people when a family member dies.
(c) He can listen to confessions and help people feel better.
(d) He can teach children how to respect authority.

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

11. 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 will get out of jail by denying his faith.
(c) That God will spare his life because he is the last one.
(d) That he is a martyr.

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

13. 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 enlisted to help hunt down the priest.
(c) He is ordered to leave the town and never return.
(d) He is sent to the governor for interrogation.

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

15. What is the priest able to do in this village?
(a) Hold mass, baptize, and hear confessions.
(b) Live in a hotel.
(c) Hide where the police cannot find him.
(d) Drink all the brandy he wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?

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

3. What happens after the priest tries in vain to confess?

4. What does Mr. Lehr not like about the Catholic Church?

5. Back in the home where the mother is reading to her children, what does she say about the priest?

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