Question

What information does the following passage best convey (paragraph 57)? "Yawning, and now almost completely asleep, he gave them instructions about how to find Carlos Centeno’s grave. When they came back, they didn’t have to knock. They should put the key under the door; and in the same place, if they could, they should put an offering for the Church."

A. The Father has little interest in the mother’s son and does not want to be awakened when the mother and daughter return.
B. Although the Father has a duty to ask guests to provide a monetary donation, he wants to assist the mother and daughter to the cemetery.
C. Although the Father is exhausted, he wants to extend a welcome to the mother and daughter to stay the evening at the parish for a small fee.
D. The Father does not believe the mother and daughter need further guidance and he will be gone when they return.

Answer 1

A. The Father has little interest in the mother’s son and does not want to be awakened when the mother and daughter return.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short story "Evening Siesta", the woman had come to the small town to the priest's place to visit her son Carlos's grave. Carlos had been killed in an accident while trying to enter the house of a woman, and was labelled a thief. And it seems like everyone had already prejudged him and his family from the way they were treated. And this judgement is even with the priest who seems uninterested to even accompany the woman and little girl to the grave. This is in contrast to the very nature of being a priest, for they are meant to serve God's people and have no judgement on anyone. Moreover, based on the above passage, we can see that he had little interest in the mother's son. He doesn't want to be woken up when they come back from visiting the grave. But he expected them to give some monetary offerings to the church on their return.