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• On page 60 there is talk of despair and how it is the unforgivable sin. But it then goes on to talk about how he gets over his despair. Does getting over your despair revoke this sin?—CB

• On page 62, the priest returns to his home town, even though he now knows that the police have been taking people hostage. Do you think this is the right thing for him to do, because he is endangering many innocent people?—DE

• Near page 75 (I’m not sure exactly): Why wouldn’t the priest just turn himself in? He seems constantly concerned with his unworthiness, wouldn’t this noble be the closest thing he could do to cleansing himself of his shameful deeds?—MT

• In reference to the exchange on page 98-99, would it have been right to trade the priest in for money you desperately needed?—JS

• On page 101 Greene as the priest describes of what heaven is and would be like. How would one describe what heaven is like to those who hAve no sense of it? And personally, what’s heaven like to you?—LH

• Referring to page 102 of the text when the priest is parting with the mestizo, why do you think the priest told him who he really was?—ASC

• On pgs. 110-111, why does the priest not stop the Governor’s cousin from drinking the wine?—MO

• P. 131: When the lady that the Priest is talking to tell him, “The sooner you are dead the better,” what are the Priest feelings after that?—HW

• Why is the mestizo a guest of the governor? Pg. 136—DS

• On page 137, when mestizo discovers the Priests identity, what incentive does he (mestizo) have for not revealing the identity of the Priest?—RG

• At the end of chapter 4, the priest simply gives himself up. Do you think he is finally accepting his inability to escape his fate?—CJM