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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. What surprises the lieutenant?
(a) That the Police Chief is so calm.
(b) That the Police Chief entered his office without knocking.
(c) That the Governor even knows they are there.
(d) That the last priest was not shot weeks ago.

2. What does the stranger leave behind at Mr. Trench's house?
(a) A straw hat.
(b) A catalog.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A novel.

3. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?
(a) His sister is having a baby.
(b) His horse is sick.
(c) His mother is sick.
(d) His brother broke his arm.

4. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?
(a) About how Jesus was killed for His faith.
(b) About St. Stephen who was martyred for his faith.
(c) About the virgin of Guadalupe.
(d) About a boy named Juan, a very holy boy who grows up to be a martyr.

5. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.
(b) One priest conformed to the Governor's law, renounced his faith and married his housekeeper.
(c) He ran into a swamp and was eaten by crocodiles.
(d) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new plan does the lieutenant come up with for finding the priest?

3. How does the man try to get out of going with the boy?

4. Why is the lieutenant eager to hunt down the priest?

5. What do the police suspect about the priest?

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