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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the priest treated in the village?
(a) Like a suspicious stranger.
(b) With respect, people kneeling and kissing his hand.
(c) Like any ordinary citizen.
(d) Like an outcast.

3. 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) She will write the bisdhop as soon as she gets out of jail.
(c) That he is just saying that to spare the other prisoners.
(d) She will light a candle for him when she gets out of jail.

4. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?
(a) Villagers armed with sticks and stones.
(b) A group of policemen on horseback.
(c) An Indian hut village in the distance.
(d) A large chasm they have to cross.

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

6. After walking for miles in a storm, where does the priest find shelter?
(a) In a hut filled with maize.
(b) In a dilapidated barn.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In an abandoned army tent.

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

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

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

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

11. Why does he believe that Coral is immune from harm if she helps him?
(a) Because she is a foreigner.
(b) Because she is smarter than the lieutenant.
(c) Because she can get her father to do anything.
(d) Because she is so young.

12. 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 listen to confessions and help people feel better.
(c) He can help people when a family member dies.
(d) He can teach children how to respect authority.

13. What happens after the priest tries in vain to confess?
(a) He curses himself and God.
(b) He tries to pray but cannt.
(c) He falls asleep and dreams.
(d) He drinks the rest of the brandy.

14. What does Mr. Fellows wonder when he hears that a priest was executed?
(a) If they will get to leave the country.
(b) If they suspect he is also a priest.
(c) If he were the same man Coral tried to help.
(d) If there will be a revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that makes the priest say the lieutenant is both right and wrong?

2. What agitates the Yankee while the priest is speaking with him?

3. What makes the priest fear the lieutenant will recognize him from Carmen?

4. What happens to him instead of being killed?

5. How does the mestizo give himself away?

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