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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. How does the mestizo give himself away?
(a) The priest ask if they will let him see the Yankee and he says of course they will.
(b) He tells the priest that he will only have ten minutes with the Yankee.
(c) He tells how the police brought the wounded Yankee to the Indian village.
(d) He gets drunk on wine and starts talking about the police in the village.

2. What does the woman say she when she hears the priest say he has not repented of his sins and doesn't want to.
(a) She will write the bisdhop as soon as she gets out of jail.
(b) That he is speaking out of fear and a martyr is never afraid.
(c) That he is just saying that to spare the other prisoners.
(d) She will light a candle for him when she gets out of jail.

3. Why can he not say the act of contrition?
(a) He has long ago forgotten the words.
(b) He is confused and cannot recall the words.
(c) He does not believe he has the right.
(d) He is too terrified to think.

4. What information dismays the priest?
(a) He will have to return to the capital to stand trial.
(b) The lieutenant is determined to have all the children see the execution.
(c) He will suffer a prolonged and agonizing death.
(d) He will be crucified in the plaza of the capital.

5. To what does the priest compare the disciplines of the church?
(a) The constitution of a democracy.
(b) The secular laws of the land.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) Preparing troops for battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the lieutenant as they talk inside the hut?

2. Where is the priest planning to go after he leaves the village?

3. Where does the priest wake up after meeting the man with the gun?

4. What does the priest say to the lieutenant as a parting word?

5. What news does the lieutenant give the priest in jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how the meeting between the lieutenant and the priest shows a different side of both men.

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

5. How does the mestizo give himself away to the priest?

6. What happens after the priest is left alone in his cell?

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

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

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

10. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

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