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

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

3. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
(a) Pickled priest.
(b) Whisky priest.
(c) Smelly sermonizer.
(d) Wine bibber.

4. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?
(a) She tells him she wanted to make the lieutenant angry.
(b) She tells him they had no right to do it.
(c) She tells him that she did not trust the lieutenant.
(d) She tells him she had forgotten to hide the last batch of whisky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?

2. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

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

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

5. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the lieutenant walks through the town, what indicates that he is the main antagonist in the novel?

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

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

4. What does Greene reveal about the priest in his thoughts on his way home?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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