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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 significance of the scene with Mrs. Fellows lying ill in a hotel bed?
(a) She has run away from her husband, trying to return to England.
(b) It is symbolic of the pending death of the priest.
(c) Coral, her daughter, is not there and it is clear that she is dead.
(d) Her sickness represents the ills of society.

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

3. Back in the home where the mother is reading to her children, what does she say about the priest?
(a) That he is now a martyr.
(b) That they should not tell anyone he was once in their house.
(c) That he is not the same man who once visited them when she was ill.
(d) That because of him, the Church is dead.

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

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) 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) She will light a candle for him when she gets out of jail.
(d) That he is speaking out of fear and a martyr is never afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest attempt to do sitting on the floor of his cell?

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

3. How is the priest treated in the village?

4. What does the priest hear from outside the hut where he is with the dying Yankee?

5. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

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

7. What is going on between Mr. and Mrs. Fellows in the hotel room?

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

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

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

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