• Page 9, why is Mr. Tench so interested with the stranger he had just met?—JS

• On page 11 why is Mr. Trench so nervous about the brandy?—MM

• By saying, “you do no good- I can hear them saying it all over the world” on page 17, does the Stranger reveal something about himself? Also, from chapter 1, is it hypercritical for a religious man to be illegally drinking alcohol?—RG

• At the end of Chapter 1 there is a girl sining on the boat. Do you think this will be important later in the book, if yes than how?—NB

• On pg 20, the lieutenant is described as very orderly and polished in contrast to the rest of his men and town. He also seems to pursue his objective with a single-minded fervor based on concerns for the people and poor. Why do you think Greene made this character hypocritical in that he is very similar to a priest?—MO

• Top of page 24: How do these men justify killing multiple people for the sake of finding just one man?—MT

• Chapter 2 the author talks about how the priest has an internal conflict that affecting his ability to evade the police. Have you ever had an internal conflict that effected your everyday life?—DS

• Referring to Chapter 3, page 33 of the text when Mrs. Fellows is talking about her “fever”; why do you think humans desire to have someone with them with they die or remember them afterwards?—ASC

• On page 46, Tench begins writing a letter to his wife. What do you think he will say in the letter?—CJM

• On page 51 there is discussion of being a “Bad Catholic” what constitutes being a bad catholic.—CB

• P. 52: When the Mrs. Fellow’s daughter asked, “do you believe there’s a God?” to Mrs. Fellows, why did it scare Mrs. Fellows so much?—HW

• On page 55, do you think it is better that shops are now open on Sundays, instead of them being closed like in the old days?—DE

• On page 58, it is said that the lieutenant was ready to commence a massacre for their sakes; the sake of innocence I imagine and truth. Would you say that this is just and correct? That within the elimination of religion and ultimately the cause of one’s misery would prove positive for others?—LH