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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. After he finds a place by an old man, what does he hear?
(a) The old man thinks his family had him arrested to get his money.
(b) The old man blames the lieutenant for all his troubles.
(c) The man begins talking angrily about priests, blaming them for the misery in his life.
(d) The old man thinks gringos are responsible for all the problems in Mexico.

2. What unusual thing does the priest do in prison?
(a) He tells people there that he is a priest.
(b) He begins to behave like the crazy man.
(c) He starts offering loud prayers.
(d) He holds a mass in the prison.

3. What makes the priest fear the lieutenant will recognize him from Carmen?
(a) The lieutenant keeps scratching his head.
(b) The lieutenant asks him a lot of questions.
(c) The lieutenant stares at him for a long time.
(d) He sees the old photo of himself on the lieutenant's wall.

4. What does the priest do as he exits the hut.
(a) He thanks the lieutenant for allowing him to see the Yankee.
(b) He starts laughing and tells the police the mestizo has fooled them.
(c) He attempts to steal a horse and make a run for it.
(d) He falls to his knees and starts begging for his life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the priest take it to mean when the Indian woman says, Americano?

3. As the priest, the mestizo, and the guide head for the Yankee, what do they approach?

4. What does the priest wonder about the other prisoners?

5. With what knowledge does the priest continue on to the village.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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