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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the novel set?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Britain.
(c) California.
(d) British Columbia.

2. What arrived at the village in November?
(a) The hospital ship.
(b) The navy ship.
(c) The government ship.
(d) The army ship.

3. Whose death does Mark Brian experience in Chapter 11?
(a) Gordon's mother.
(b) Keetah's sister.
(c) Marta.
(d) Mrs. Hudson.

4. What happens when the government forbade the Indian dance-potlatches?
(a) Many Indians abandoned the tribe.
(b) Many Indians found pride in their rituals again.
(c) Many Indians were finally able to marry outside the tribe.
(d) Many great rituals were lost.

5. What is causing new conflict among the villagers?
(a) The ability to travel to other villages.
(b) The ability to buy prescription drugs.
(c) The ability to marry outside the tribe.
(d) The ability to buy liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The visitors cause Mark Brian to feel what about the world of the white man he has left behind?

2. Jim describes his people through several

3. Mark Brian believes that if a man were to vanish from this area

4. Families gather at the end of the salmon run to

5. What did the villagers do to celebrate this "friend?"

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