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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. What does Mr. Trench notice about the environment in the town?
(a) It is cold and there are no birds.
(b) The jungle is encroaching on the village.
(c) It looks like a tropical garden.
(d) The land is dusty and hot with buzzards flying overhead.

2. Why does the lieutenant like to think about the priest who is still living?
(a) He is pleased most of all by this man, a living example to all of the weakness of faith.
(b) He serves as an example the lieutenant can use to tell the children.
(c) He has disgraced the Church and the people have all turned against him.
(d) He is awaiting execution and the lieutenant will get to hang him.

3. For what is the American wanted?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Running guns across the border.
(c) Bank robbery and murder.
(d) Smuggling priests out of the country.

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 hurry and leave.
(c) He asks the priest to say mass and hear confessions.
(d) He asks the priest to renounce his faith and surrender.

5. Why does Coral want her father to speak to the policeman?
(a) He does not speak English.
(b) She thinks he is an imposter.
(c) She does not like him.
(d) He won't tell her what he's looking for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?

2. What does Mr. Trench regret when he sees a man selling mineral water?

3. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?

4. Why does the woman he meets in the village not recognize him at first?

5. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?

Short Essay Questions

1. All that is left of the church is a priest who renounced his religion and the stranger, a whiskey priest. How does the woman's husband sum up their reality?

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

3. What transpires in the police station the morning the stranger arrives in the town?

4. Explain how Greene establishes the character of Father José.

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

6. What happens when the priest accidentally bumps into a red shirt in the cantina?

7. Back at the banana plantation, how does Greene emphasize the character of Coral Fellows?

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

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

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

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