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

2. Why do the priest and the lieutenant re-enter the hut with the now dead Yankee?

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

4. Who does he see in his dream?

5. How does the priest awake the morning of his scheduled execution?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Mr. Trench is in the Police Chief's office, what does he witness?

2. Why does the priest return to the banana plantation and what does he find when he arrives?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Greene contrasts the appearance of the Indian burial ground with the tidiness of the mass. The priest sees the burial ground as a shortcut to the dark and magical heart of faith. Write a paper giving your opinion on his meaning there. Include your idea on the necessity of religious trappings for people to be religious.

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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