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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 fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
(a) He is tempted to run away and commit suicide.
(b) He is tempted to say a quick prayer and starts to make the sign of the cross in the air.
(c) He is tempted to turn the villagers in for seeking a priest.
(d) He is tempted to seek a divorce and return to the Church.

2. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?
(a) A straw hat.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A catalog.
(d) A novel.

3. What brings out a feeling of compassion in the priest for the mestizo?
(a) The man tells him about all the crimes hes has committed.
(b) The priest then notices that the mestizo man is ill, and he begins to feel sorry for him.
(c) The man never complains about his great hunger.
(d) The mestizo begins to cry, talking about his dead children.

4. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?
(a) The priest learns that the lieutenant will arrive in the city next month.
(b) He learns that more hostages have been shot.
(c) As the Chief gets drunk he begins to tell the men about the hunt for the priest.
(d) The Chief of Police gets drunk and tells how he hates the lieutenant.

5. What weakness does the priest have causes him more difficulty?
(a) He is a kleptomaniac.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) He is vain about his appearance.
(d) He is addicted to sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

2. What new information does the priest receive in the village?

3. What is the condition of the priest as he heads home from the plantation?

4. How does Captain Fellows refuse the priest's request for brandy?

5. Where do they put the old photo of the priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in the town as Mr. Trench walks through it.

2. Why is he not welcome in his home town?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Describe the condition of Father José at that time.

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

8. How do Mr. Trench and the priest meet?

9. What feeling does Greene evoke with the introduction of the mestizo?

10. Describe the characters of the Police Chief and the lieutenant as seen in the cantina.

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