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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 1 (through page 83).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the priests reaction when Maria tells him Brigetta was one of the children he saw in the village?
(a) He says he understands why she did not run to him.
(b) He says he thought he had seen her.
(c) He says he is glad she has friends.
(d) He could not believe he did not recognize his own daughter.

3. How does Greene set up the scene to show the despair of Father José?
(a) Reading his Bible, he begins to weep.
(b) Walking in the cemetery, he comes upon a family burying a small child.
(c) His nagging wife leaves him.
(d) He awakes from a dream in which he had been saying the mass.

4. Although there is no love between him and the woman, how does the priest feel about Brigetta, his daughter?
(a) He feels that he will one day be able to send her away.
(b) He feels that she is the visible reminder of his sin.
(c) He feels it would be better for them to remain strangers.
(d) He feels a love and responsibility.

5. How does Mr. Trench feel when the man leaves with the boy?
(a) He feels relieved that the stranger is gone.
(b) He is curious about the strange man.
(c) As the man leaves Mr. Trench is lonely.
(d) He is happy for the brandy the man left behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Trench notice about the environment in the town?

2. Why does the Police Chief think it will be difficult to identify the priest?

3. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?

4. What is the story about that a mother tells her children?

5. What is the lieutenant's ambition?

(see the answer key)

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