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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. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.
(b) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.
(c) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(d) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.

2. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?
(a) Putting up roadblocks all over the region.
(b) Burning down the villages where the people do not cooperate.
(c) Taking hostages and killing them if the people do not turn over the priest.
(d) Bringing in extra troops from Mexico City.

3. What new information does the priest receive in the village?
(a) The police already took one hostage from Conceptión and murdered a man named Pedro Montez.
(b) That the police have given up looking for him.
(c) That the police will return the following morning to take another hostage.
(d) That the village will be completely blocked off within three days.

4. Who does the priest see as he approaches a small town?
(a) He sees a mestizo man on a hammock.
(b) He sees the lieutenant riding while his men walk.
(c) He sees a wanted poster with an old photo of him on it.
(d) He sees a man leading a cow.

5. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?
(a) No one will tell them what he looks like.
(b) He will be heavily disguised.
(c) They have no photo of him at all.
(d) The only picture they have of him is very old.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the lieutenant arrives, why does he not recognize the priest?

4. What does Coral find in the barn that makes her empathize with the Priest's pain?

5. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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