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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new feeling is Mark experiencing in the village?
(a) A feeling of hopelessness.
(b) A feeling of dissertion.
(c) A feeling of dissent.
(d) A feeling of outrage.

2. The young man will be sent to Kingcome to
(a) Patrol the Indian villages.
(b) Quell any Indian rebellions.
(c) Convert the Indians to Catholicism.
(d) Win the Indians trust for political reasons.

3. How did Marta know first missionary in the village had a white beard?
(a) She had heard the Bishop tell stories of him.
(b) She knew the man as a child.
(c) She had heard stories from her elders.
(d) She had seen pictures of him in the vicarage.

4. With his new winter hat on, the new vicar looks like
(a) A snowman.
(b) An egg.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A bank robber.

5. Who did Constable Pearson bring with him to the village?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His superior officer.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His mother.

6. Which of Constable Pearson's actions makes the Indians hold in their laughter?
(a) He cannot find his way around the village.
(b) He is physically sick at the sight of the dead body.
(c) He is physically sick after he eats a meal with the tribe.
(d) He cannot find the dead body.

7. As the weather turns colder, Mark and Jim face challenges with
(a) The organ.
(b) The constable.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The boat.

8. What activity contributes to Mark Brian's feeling of responsibility to the Indians?
(a) Caring for Calamity Bill.
(b) Delivering gifts to the children in the villages.
(c) Repairing the Bishop's boat.
(d) Playing the organ in the church.

9. Why is the whole tribe home together for the first time since Mark's arrival in the village?
(a) Everyone has come home for Keetah's sister's wedding.
(b) Everyone has come home for Christmas.
(c) Everyone has come home for a funeral.
(d) Everyone has come home for Thanksgiving.

10. Who are Mark Brian's first friends in the village?
(a) Sam and his wife.
(b) Jim Wallace and Chief Eddy.
(c) Marta Stephens and Ellie.
(d) Two children who visit the vicarage.

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

12. What does the doctor hope the Bishop will do for the young man?
(a) He hopes the Bishop will nurse the young man to health.
(b) He hopes the Bishop will pray for the young man.
(c) He hopes the Bishop will warn the young man of his condition.
(d) He hopes the Bishop will train the young man well.

13. What do Jim and Mark witness on the river?
(a) They witness a lunar eclipse.
(b) They witness a murder.
(c) They witness dolphins swimming to the ocean.
(d) They witness a run of salmon.

14. What is dumped into the the center of the stream by the villagers?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Offerings to the gods.
(d) Animal carcasses.

15. What distinguishes Marta Stephens as very old?
(a) She has a wrinkled face.
(b) She has a toothless smile.
(c) She has white hair.
(d) She has gnarled hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Craven often describes the Indians' eyes and faces as

2. Sam plans to ask the vicar

3. What happens to the salmon, or swimmer, at the end of his journey?

4. How does Mark describe the inanimate?

5. Why doesn't the young man know about his illness?

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