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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. Where do they think the priest may have gone?

2. What does the seller of alcoholic beverages offer the priest?

3. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?

4. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?

5. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who comes knocking at the door and what does he want?

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

6. What is the pathetic scene that occurs just as he leaves the village.

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

8. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A main theme of the novel is the inner struggle of the priest. Write a paper explaining how Greene uses the priest's weaknesses to demonstrate his real strengths. In your paper, discuss the importance of self forgiveness considering that all people make mistakes in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, Mr. Trench and Captain Fellows are presented as a-religious. Write a paper on morality apart from religion. State your opinion on whether or not non-religious people actually are able to hold to high moral standards.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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