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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. Why does Mr. Fellows want to stay in Mexico?
(a) He feels they are running away and abandoning Coral.
(b) He likes bananas.
(c) He thinks he cannot find work in England.
(d) There is a warrant for his arrest in England.

2. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?
(a) The lieutenant.
(b) The mestizo.
(c) The Indian woman.
(d) Mr. Trench

3. What happens after the priest tries in vain to confess?
(a) He curses himself and God.
(b) He tries to pray but cannt.
(c) He drinks the rest of the brandy.
(d) He falls asleep and dreams.

4. At first, what does the woman who speaks to the priest believe about him?
(a) That he is not really a priest.
(b) That God will spare his life because he is the last one.
(c) That he will get out of jail by denying his faith.
(d) That he is a martyr.

5. How well does the priest sleep in the crowded cell?
(a) He does not sleep for thinking about his death.
(b) He cannot sleep at all because of the noise.
(c) He leans against the wall and drifts in and out of sleep.
(d) He sleeps soundly from exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the priest get something to eat?

2. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?

3. What is the symbolism Greene uses with the priest's card trick?

4. To what does the priest compare the disciplines of the church?

5. What unusual thing does the priest do in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the priest make money for his trip to the border?

2. Describe how the priest decides to stay and return to the Indian village.

3. What are the preparations for the priest to escape to Las Casas?

4. Thinking everything is finished for him, what does the priest say to people inside the cell?

5. Even after the Yankee refuses to make a confession, what does the priest do?

6. Notwithstanding the civility that had transpired between the lieutenant and the priest, how does the lieutenant behave at the execution?

7. In spite of the lieutenant's assurances, Father José refuses to go to the jail to hear the priest's confession. What is the irony of that situation?

8. While Mr. Trench is in the Police Chief's office, what does he witness?

9. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

10. Why does the Indian woman follow the priest as he leaves the next day?

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