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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. When the priest goes for his guide and his mules, who is there waiting for him?

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

3. What news does the lieutenant give the priest in jail?

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

5. After walking for miles in a storm, where does the priest find shelter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

4. Leaving the plantation, what are conditions like as the priest looks for shelter?

5. What transpires between the priest and the mestizo inside the jail?

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

7. Thinking everything is finished for him, what does the priest say to people inside the cell?

8. What are the preparations for the priest to escape to Las Casas?

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

10. Why does the Indian woman follow the priest as he leaves the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, the stories the mother reads to her children are about a young boy named Juan who grows up to become a priest and later a saint. The story runs in serial form throughout the novel. Write a paper about how this story parallels the life of the priest and ultimately changes the boy's attitude toward the Church.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about the mestizo as a personification of Satan. Use examples of his physical description and his cunning ways to show how he, and not the lieutenant, is the representation of pure evil in the novel. Include the interaction between him and the priest to show how he was able to use the priest's deep seated faith to work against him.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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