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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. What information dismays the priest?

2. What option does the lieutenant offer to the priest?

3. Why can he not say the act of contrition?

4. What is the significance of the scene with Mrs. Fellows lying ill in a hotel bed?

5. What does the priest reply when the lieutenant says he never thought the priest would return?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feelings pass through the priest as he luxuriates in the Lehrs' kindness?

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

3. How does the priest make money for his trip to the border?

4. Notwithstanding the civility that had transpired between the lieutenant and the priest, how does the lieutenant behave at the execution?

5. Describe the kindness of the lieutenant after telling the priest that he was found guilty at the trial and will be shot tomorrow.

6. Describe how the priest decides to stay and return to the Indian village.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Father José represents religious people who are religious for the wrong reasons and without loyalty. His weakness is selfishness and fear. Write an essay about how real commitment is determined by what a person is willing to give up to remain loyal to that commitment.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The mother is symbolic of nurturing mothers the world over. Write a paper about a mother's protectiveness of her children and the lengths she will go to in order to keep them safe, both physically and spiritually. In writing the paper, include the woman who was in jail for possessing religious literature. Assess what that signifies for the mother who has religious stories to read to her children.

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