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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that makes the priest say the lieutenant is both right and wrong?
(a) That the poor do not really understand the Church.
(b) That priests are all evil.
(c) That the Church robs the poor for its own enrichment.
(d) That the Church is filled with hypocritical people.

2. Where is the priest planning to go after he leaves the village?
(a) Concepcion.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Las Casas.

3. When the lieutenant meets up with some boys who are interested in his gun, what passes through his mind?
(a) These boys know that the gun is more powerful than the Bible.
(b) The boys should be in school.
(c) For their sakes, he will start a massacre.
(d) The boys will one day be policemen and soldiers.

4. When the lieutenant arrives, why does he not recognize the priest?
(a) He never looks at him.
(b) He has forgotten what he looks like.
(c) He is in too big a hurry to pay attention to the priest.
(d) He has too many other things on his mind.

5. After he realizes he cannot stay in the village, what promise does the priest make to the people?
(a) The priest says he will sleep for a few hours, wake early to hear confession and say mass and then leave before sunrise.
(b) That he will return when it is safe for him to do so.
(c) That he will leave right after they give him a good meal.
(d) That he will give himself up rather than have another hostage taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Trench regret when he sees a man selling mineral water?

2. How does Greene introduce the lieutenant?

3. What is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?

4. How many priests has the lieutenant already executed?

5. What agitates the Yankee while the priest is speaking with him?

(see the answer key)

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