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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 the mother tell her daughter not to mention the way the priest smelled?
(a) That she only imagined he smelled funny.
(b) That he was smelly because he had no home in which to take a bath.
(c) That the priest only smelled of the communion wine.
(d) That he may now be one of the saints.

2. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?
(a) He gives the mestizo his crucifix.
(b) He hears the mestizo's confession.
(c) He shares a drink of wine.
(d) He gives the mestizo his last few coins.

3. 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) That he is just saying that to spare the other prisoners.
(b) She will write the bisdhop as soon as she gets out of jail.
(c) That he is speaking out of fear and a martyr is never afraid.
(d) She will light a candle for him when she gets out of jail.

4. When the priest sends back the guide and the mules, why is the mestizo mockingly concerned.
(a) He must behave as though he thinks the priest will be returning.
(b) He had planned to make his own get away on a mule.
(c) He thinks the priest should have waited about half an hour.
(d) He was counting on selling the mules.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What option does the lieutenant offer to the priest?

2. Why does the priest say that the lieutenant's dream of helping the people is unrealistic?

3. What happens after the priest tries in vain to confess?

4. What happens to him instead of being killed?

5. What does Mr. Fellows wonder when he hears that a priest was executed?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the time they reach the outskirts of the city, what seems to be the relationship between the lieutenant and the priest?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Describe the kindness of the lieutenant after telling the priest that he was found guilty at the trial and will be shot tomorrow.

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

8. What transpires between the priest and the mestizo inside the jail?

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

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

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