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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 mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?
(a) He is planning to kill the mestizo before they get to the village.
(b) He is resigned to his death once he reaches the village.
(c) He has a plan to go south instead of north.
(d) He thinks the Yankee knows a way to escape.

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) 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.

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

4. What is the priest able to do in this village?
(a) Hide where the police cannot find him.
(b) Drink all the brandy he wants.
(c) Hold mass, baptize, and hear confessions.
(d) Live in a hotel.

5. What does Mr. Trench see out of the window at the Police chief's office?
(a) The boys playing at performing an execution.
(b) The execution of the priest.
(c) The priest being blindfolded.
(d) A pile of bodies being set on fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often is the priest allowed to say mass in the village?

3. What does the priest admit in the prison?

4. How far away is the Yankee when the priest sends the guide and mules back?

5. How does the boy react to the man at the door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What transpires inside the hut where the Yankee is dying?

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

5. Compare the benevolence of the Church with the plans the lieutenant has for the people.

6. Leaving the plantation, what are conditions like as the priest looks for shelter?

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

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

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

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

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