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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman he meets in the village not recognize him at first?
(a) She tells the priest he looks like a common man because of his clothes.
(b) She tells the priest that he has lost a lot of weight.
(c) She tells the priest that he needs a haricut.
(d) She tells the priest that it has been so long since anyone there has seen him.

2. What appeal does the girl make to the priest as he is leaving the village?
(a) She wants to tell him she loves him.
(b) She only knows he is her father and she wants him to stay.
(c) She wants him never to return.
(d) She wants him to give her something.

3. What did one former priest do about which the lieutenant likes to think?
(a) He refused to exit a church that the lieutenant had set on fire.
(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 committed suicide rather than be killed by the police.

4. What does the seller of alcoholic beverages offer the priest?
(a) He offers him a case of red wine.
(b) He offers him tequila and whisky.
(c) He offers him some rum from Cuba.
(d) The man offers him one bottle of wine plus a bottle of brandy.

5. What does the priest think would be the result of his leaving?
(a) The police would come and murder his daughter.
(b) There would still be persecution of anyone who believes in the Church.
(c) He believes that if he was gone it would be as if God was gone from this whole state.
(d) Everything would return to normal and the Church would eventually return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the priests in this Mexican state?

2. How does the mestizo attempt to get the priest to admit that he is a priest?

3. How is the meeting between the priest and Brigetta?

4. What does Father José fear if he says a prayer at the graveside?

5. What new information does the priest receive in the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ominous about the parting of the priest and the mestizo?

2. What transpires in the police station the morning the stranger arrives in the town?

3. After the priest on his mule crosses the river, what happens that is cause for alarm?

4. Why has the priest come to the capital city where he sees the mestizo talking with the police?

5. Describe the condition of Father José at that time.

6. What does Greene reveal about the priest in his thoughts on his way home?

7. The mother who reads religious stories to her children is important in the story. How does Greene use this family to punctuate the fact that the common people want the Church returned?

8. Why does Mr. Trench invite the man into his house?

9. How does Greene show more of the priest's humility and contrition?

10. What is the conversation like inside Mr. Trench's house?

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