• In part III, chapter 2, the Priest, instead of traveling to safety in Las Casa, gives his money to the school master and travels with the half-caste back across the border to gives last rights to the American bandit. He knows that he’s walking into a trap. Why the sudden change of heart?—WF

• On page 194 what does the conversation between the Priest and the Leutenant regarding the church say about each of their characters?—PW

• Padre Jose not going to hear the priest’s confession (p. 204-205).—BF

• What do you think of the odd relationship between the priest and the lieutenant in the final section? These two men seem to have a unexpected respect for each other, and are not as hostile to the other as one would expect. (206).—EA

• The lieutenant giving the priest brandy. (Chapter 4, page 206)—JC

• Pt 3 Ch 4: The lieutenant breaking the law—DM

• I wonder what emotional status leads the priest’s feeling that “What an impossible fellow I am ... and how useless. I have done nothing for anybody. I might just as well have never lived” after all his trials and endurance? (210)—PY

• Where does the novel get its title? Where are “power” and “glory” found in the book?—CS

• All of the book: It seems that everyone truly does need the priest so why are they still outlawed?—SM