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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy do as the lieutenant walks by?
(a) He crinkles his nose and spits at the policeman.
(b) He draws the curtains so the lieutenant cannot see him crying.
(c) He grins and waves.
(d) He asks if he can touch his gun again.

2. What do the police suspect about the priest?
(a) They think he may have gone to the Yucatan.
(b) They believe he tried to escape to Vera Cruz but he did not catch the boat.
(c) They suspect he is in Mexico City.
(d) They think he is probably in Vera Cruz by now.

3. What unusual thing does the priest do in prison?
(a) He tells people there that he is a priest.
(b) He starts offering loud prayers.
(c) He begins to behave like the crazy man.
(d) He holds a mass in the prison.

4. How does Captain Fellows refuse the priest's request for brandy?
(a) He says that they never keep alcohol on the place.
(b) He tells him no because he is breaking the law enough as it is.
(c) He tells him the police confiscated all his liquour.
(d) He tells him that brandy is too expensive to share.

5. What question from the mestizo alarms the priest?
(a) He asks if he is on the run from the police.
(b) He asks if he is a priest.
(c) He asks what his business is in Carmen.
(d) He asks if he has any brandy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surprises the lieutenant as they talk inside the hut?

3. Against all advice, which way does the priest head after leaving the village?

4. What does Mr. Fellows wonder when he hears that a priest was executed?

5. What information does the priest get from the Chief of Police?

(see the answer key)

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