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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 do the police suspect about the priest?
(a) They suspect he is in Mexico City.
(b) They believe he tried to escape to Vera Cruz but he did not catch the boat.
(c) They think he is probably in Vera Cruz by now.
(d) They think he may have gone to the Yucatan.

2. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?
(a) Coral is having a school lesson with her mother.
(b) Coral is hiding things the priest left behind.
(c) Coral is cooking because her mother is sick.
(d) Coral is out looking for the fugitive American.

3. In the cantina, who is the man the priest bumps into?
(a) The lieutenant.
(b) A red shirt.
(c) The Chief of Police.
(d) The mestizo.

4. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?
(a) He says the stories always have a happy ending.
(b) He says that now that the Church is gone, the stories are all they have.
(c) He says that the boy should humor his mother because she is sad.
(d) He says the stories will teach the children how to read.

5. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?
(a) They act suspiciously as though they might call the police.
(b) They turn their backs on him and pretend he is not there.
(c) Only a few people gather at a distance and look at him, and no one comes to kiss his hand.
(d) They rush to greet him, crying because they thought he was dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?

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

3. Talking to the mestizo, what does the priest learn?

4. What question from the mestizo alarms the priest?

5. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Trench invite the man into his house?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Describe the general situation as the novel opens.

7. Who does the priest turn to for help and is refused?

8. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?

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

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

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