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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 does the priest say to the lieutenant as a parting word?
(a) That his blood will not be on the lieutenant's hands.
(b) That he is a good man and he will have nothing to be afraid of when he dies.
(c) That he will burn in hell for attempting to stamp out the Church.
(d) That he will never be able to sleep peacefully again.

2. What awakens the boy in the middle of the night?
(a) His mother's coughing.
(b) Bad dreams.
(c) His younger brother who cannot sleep.
(d) A loud knocking at the door.

3. On his way north, who does the priest meet?
(a) The lieutenant.
(b) A group of red shirts.
(c) The mestizo.
(d) A man carrying a gun.

4. Why does the priest say that the lieutenant's dream of helping the people is unrealistic?
(a) Because not everyone who says they want to help the poor are good people.
(b) Because the poor people will become lazy and wait for handouts.
(c) Because the lieutenant will never have enough power to do it.
(d) Because the poor people will always need the Church.

5. As they reach the town, what is the priest's request of the lieutenant?
(a) That his execution will be quick.
(b) That he get Father José to hear his confession.
(c) That the children be kept away from his execution.
(d) That he will have a good lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?

2. Why does the priest envy the people of the village?

3. Who does he see in his dream?

4. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?

5. What does the woman say she when she hears the priest say he has not repented of his sins and doesn't want to.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on between Mr. and Mrs. Fellows in the hotel room?

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

3. What seems to be different about the priest's arrest?

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

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

6. Going on, what refuge does the priest eventually find?

7. What is the irony of the priest's admission in the jail cell.

8. What is the implication of the visitor to the boy's house in the middle of the night?

9. Why does the priest return to the banana plantation and what does he find when he arrives?

10. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

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