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

2. Where does the man with the gun take the priest?
(a) To the police station.
(b) To a safe place where there is a church.
(c) Back to Carmen.
(d) To his house down in the valley.

3. What does Mr. Lehr not like about the Catholic Church?
(a) The color of the church buildings.
(b) The amount of wine they use.
(c) All the rules.
(d) The simplicity of the churches.

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

5. What does the priest now begin to wonder?
(a) If the police will shoot him from a distance.
(b) If the police have left the village.
(c) If the Yankee will kill him in exchange for his freedom.
(d) If the mestizo will be the one to shoot him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On his way north, who does the priest meet?

3. What awakens the boy in the middle of the night?

4. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?

5. What is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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. Describe the conditions in the jail.

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

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