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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true of both the swimmer and Mark Brian?
(a) They are both kinds of fish.
(b) They are both doomed to complete their task and die.
(c) They are both unclear about their purpose.
(d) They are both outcasts of society.

2. What does Peter claim causes this new feeling among the villagers?
(a) The young people are changing because the tribes are intermarrying.
(b) The young people are changing because they are not being educated.
(c) The young people are changing because they are afraid of the white man's ways.
(d) The young people are changing because they are learning the white man's ways.

3. The Bishop decides to send the young man to
(a) Kingery.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Kingcome.
(d) Kingfish.

4. What is the Indian name of the village where Mark Brian is sent?
(a) Quelele.
(b) Khawadelugha.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Quee.

5. The Bishop plans to
(a) Tell the young man about his illness eventually.
(b) Tell the young man to be grateful for his health.
(c) Tell the young man his illness is psychological.
(d) Tell the young man he does not have any illnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kwakwala, there is no word for

2. What happens when the government forbade the Indian dance-potlatches?

3. Who are Mark Brian's first friends in the village?

4. What distinguishes Marta Stephens as very old?

5. Who are the doctor and the Bishop discussing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the names of the characters revealed in the Introduction?

2. Describe the character of Constable Pearson.

3. What makes hunting difficult for Mark Brian?

4. According to the myth, how was the old village formed?

5. What happened to the RCMP when he tried to take pictures of the tribe members fishing?

6. What information does Mark learn from the RCMP about Keetah's sister?

7. Why do the villagers offer to help Mark build the vicarage?

8. According to the Bishop, how does an Indian feel about his village?

9. What does the Bishop's letter teach Mark Brian about the white man's "problem" with the Indians?

10. How does Mrs. Hudson feel about the arrival of the new vicar?

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