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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 is the priest's reply when the lieutenant then says he will be a martyr?
(a) What good is being a martyr when you have to die to be one?
(b) The priest says he cannot be a martyr, not after the life he has led.
(c) Martyrs are a peso a dozen, but people need live priests.
(d) Without the Church, the people will not remember the martyrs.

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

3. In the village, before seeing the Yankee, for what does the priest wish?
(a) That God would take him before the police have a chance.
(b) That he had another bottle of wine.
(c) That his luck will hold out one more time.
(d) That the police would hurry up and show themselves.

4. What have Mr. and Mrs. Fellows agreed not to do?
(a) Tell anyone they are leaving.
(b) Press charges against the police.
(c) Mention their daughter's name.
(d) Think about the future.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lieutenant do after the priest falls dead?

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

3. How is the priest treated in the village?

4. What does the priest say he can do even though he himself is bad?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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