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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. In spite of the fact that the priest ignored the mestizo, what does he do?

2. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

3. What does the lieutenant tell Captain Fellows he is doing?

4. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

5. Where is Captain Fellows' wife when he reaches his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What feeling does Greene evoke with the introduction of the mestizo?

3. Describe the general situation as the novel opens.

4. Why does Mr. Trench invite the man into his house?

5. As the lieutenant walks through the town, what indicates that he is the main antagonist in the novel?

6. Describe Captain Fellow's reaction to the charge against the priest.

7. Describe the characters of the Police Chief and the lieutenant as seen in the cantina.

8. All that is left of the church is a priest who renounced his religion and the stranger, a whiskey priest. How does the woman's husband sum up their reality?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Interestingly, it is a pair of Lutherans who offer the greatest help to the priest. Write a paper on the importance of religious tolerance in the world. Include in your paper how religious intolerance creates multiple problems that work against peaceful co-existence.

Essay Topic 2

There are several layers to the character of the lieutenant. Much of his inner motivation is left up to the imagination of the reader. One thing is made clear, his resentment goes back to his childhood. Write a paper in which you surmise what it was that happened to him as a child to make him so resentful of the Church as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

The novel presents conflict and resolution throughout to keep the reader's attention. Write a paper on how conflict involves close encounters with fear and resolution involves hope, however fleeting. Explain why this method is so successful at making the reading compelling.

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