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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. Where is the former priest who renounced his faith and married his housekeeper?
(a) Father José is working in the police station.
(b) Father José is teaching in the school.
(c) Father José is sitting in his house reflecting on his poor life.
(d) Father José is hiding in the jungle.

2. How does the mestizo attempt to get the priest to admit that he is a priest?
(a) He tells the priest about another priest he helped to excape.
(b) He condemns the Church for all its inadequacies.
(c) He says he is a good Christian and asks the priest to say a prayer.
(d) He quotes scripture to see if the priest will respond.

3. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?
(a) He shouts louder.
(b) He turns around and goes back to his hammock.
(c) He takes a boat across the river.
(d) The man begins to follow him and eventually catches up to him.

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

5. What is the boy looking for when he knocks on Mr. Trench's door?
(a) A handout.
(b) A teacher.
(c) The post office.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Coral want her father to speak to the policeman?

3. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?

4. What does Captain Fellows tell the policeman that satisfies him?

5. What is the secret sin of the running priest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Who comes knocking at the door and what does he want?

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

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

8. The mother who reads religious stories to her children is important in the story. How does Greene use this family to punctuate the fact that the common people want the Church returned?

9. After the priest gets his bottle of wine, what happens to it?

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

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