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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 Mr. Fellows wonder when he hears that a priest was executed?
(a) If there will be a revolution.
(b) If he were the same man Coral tried to help.
(c) If they will get to leave the country.
(d) If they suspect he is also a priest.

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

3. Why does he believe that Coral is immune from harm if she helps him?
(a) Because she can get her father to do anything.
(b) Because she is a foreigner.
(c) Because she is so young.
(d) Because she is smarter than the lieutenant.

4. After walking for miles in a storm, where does the priest find shelter?
(a) In an abandoned army tent.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a hut filled with maize.
(d) In a dilapidated barn.

5. How often is the priest allowed to say mass in the village?
(a) A couple of times.
(b) Every day.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Once a week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What strange thing does the lieutenant do before he sends the priest out of the jail?

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

4. What is the result of the lieutenant's visit with Father José?

5. As they reach the town, what is the priest's request of the lieutenant?

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. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

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

4. What feelings pass through the priest as he luxuriates in the Lehrs' kindness?

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

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

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

9. What unusual thing does the priest do when they are within sight of the Indian village?

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

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