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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the priest's response when a man says it is better not to believe in God?

4. What have Mr. and Mrs. Fellows agreed not to do?

5. What is it that makes the priest say the lieutenant is both right and wrong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What transpires inside the hut where the Yankee is dying?

2. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

3. What happens after the priest is left alone in his cell?

4. Describe the conditions in the jail.

5. Thinking everything is finished for him, what does the priest say to people inside the cell?

6. Compare the benevolence of the Church with the plans the lieutenant has for the people.

7. Going on, what refuge does the priest eventually find?

8. What is the implication of the visitor to the boy's house in the middle of the night?

9. Notwithstanding the civility that had transpired between the lieutenant and the priest, how does the lieutenant behave at the execution?

10. How does the priest make money for his trip to the border?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel presents conflict and resolution throughout to keep the reader's attention. Write a paper on how conflict involves close encounters with fear and resolution involves hope, however fleeting. Explain why this method is so successful at making the reading compelling.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, the stories the mother reads to her children are about a young boy named Juan who grows up to become a priest and later a saint. The story runs in serial form throughout the novel. Write a paper about how this story parallels the life of the priest and ultimately changes the boy's attitude toward the Church.

Essay Topic 3

Interestingly, it is a pair of Lutherans who offer the greatest help to the priest. Write a paper on the importance of religious tolerance in the world. Include in your paper how religious intolerance creates multiple problems that work against peaceful co-existence.

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