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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?

2. Why does the lieutenant like to think about the priest who is still living?

3. Why does Coral want her father to speak to the policeman?

4. What is the secret sin of the running priest?

5. What does the priest hear as he crosses the river on his mule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the priest accidentally bumps into a red shirt in the cantina?

2. Describe the scene in the town as Mr. Trench walks through it.

3. What transpires in the police station the morning the stranger arrives in the town?

4. Just as the mass is concluding, what occurs in the village?

5. How do Mr. Trench and the priest meet?

6. What does Greene reveal about the priest in his thoughts on his way home?

7. What information does the Police chief have to impart to the lieutenant?

8. Why is he not welcome in his home town?

9. After the priest on his mule crosses the river, what happens that is cause for alarm?

10. What is the conversation like inside Mr. Trench's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The boy is the blank page on which character is to be written. Write a paper on how youthful idolization of a man is in conflict with the values received at home. Make specific reference to the boy's early beliefs and his position on the church at the end of the novel. See if you can include a personal instance where one of your earlier opinions has changed. Perhaps you can cite an instance of a sports hero who misbehaved and disappointed young fans.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper on how early childhood influences one for the rest of one's life. Begin with the priest's recollection that his had been a happy childhood except that he had been afraid of too many things and hated poverty above all. The fear of poverty had motivated him to his vocation, but unlike Father José, he learned a higher motivation. Relate his experience with your own or that of someone you know.

Essay Topic 3

In meeting his daughter, Brigetta, the priest is aware of an immense load of responsibility not distinguishable from love. Write a paper on how you feel that love makes one obligated to the person loved. Use examples of parents and young children and older children with aged parents. Relate the idea to your sense of obligation to someone you love.

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