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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?
(a) He takes a boat across the river.
(b) He turns around and goes back to his hammock.
(c) He shouts louder.
(d) The man begins to follow him and eventually catches up to him.

2. For what is the church in town being used?
(a) It has been made into a hotel.
(b) It has been turned into a hospital.
(c) It is used to stable horses.
(d) It is now the treasury building.

3. What is the deadline for catching the priest?
(a) The priest must be caught this month.
(b) They must catch the priest in one week.
(c) He must be caught before the Governor arrives.
(d) They have until the end of the year to catch him.

4. Later, in another village, what does an old man request of the priest?
(a) He asks the priest to share his wine.
(b) He asks the priest to say mass and hear confessions.
(c) He asks the priest to renounce his faith and surrender.
(d) He asks the priest to hurry and leave.

5. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?
(a) The banana plantation on which he lives and works.
(b) To the town for supplies.
(c) To look for the stranger he thinks is a doctor.
(d) To find the American and collect the reward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest hear as he crosses the river on his mule?

2. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?

3. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?

4. What makes his escape doubly difficult?

5. What is the situation as the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ominous about the parting of the priest and the mestizo?

2. Describe the general situation as the novel opens.

3. After the priest on his mule crosses the river, what happens that is cause for alarm?

4. Why has the priest come to the capital city where he sees the mestizo talking with the police?

5. In the village of the old man in a hammock, describe the request that is made of the priest.

6. How does Greene show more of the priest's humility and contrition?

7. The mother who reads religious stories to her children is important in the story. How does Greene use this family to punctuate the fact that the common people want the Church returned?

8. Coral Fellows presents a reaction to the lieutenant. Describe the conversation with her father.

9. What information does the Police chief have to impart to the lieutenant?

10. Just as the mass is concluding, what occurs in the village?

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