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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Coral want her father to speak to the policeman?
(a) He does not speak English.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She thinks he is an imposter.
(d) He won't tell her what he's looking for.

2. What is the lieutenant's ambition?
(a) He hopes to wipe out all memories of the Church so the children will have no knowledge of it.
(b) He wants to send young boys to the seminary so that they can reform the church.
(c) He wants to establish his own religion with him as it head.
(d) He wants to turn Mexico into a socialist state with him as the President.

3. Later, in another village, what does an old man request of the priest?
(a) He asks the priest to say mass and hear confessions.
(b) He asks the priest to share his wine.
(c) He asks the priest to hurry and leave.
(d) He asks the priest to renounce his faith and surrender.

4. Where is Captain Fellows headed down river in a canoe?
(a) To the town for supplies.
(b) To find the American and collect the reward.
(c) To look for the stranger he thinks is a doctor.
(d) The banana plantation on which he lives and works.

5. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?
(a) Burning down the villages where the people do not cooperate.
(b) Taking hostages and killing them if the people do not turn over the priest.
(c) Putting up roadblocks all over the region.
(d) Bringing in extra troops from Mexico City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the deadline for catching the priest?

2. Who is the last priest on the run from the police?

3. What weakness does the priest have causes him more difficulty?

4. Where do they think the priest may have gone?

5. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?

(see the answer key)

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