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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark Brian do when the Bishop offers to send a new vicarage?
(a) He asks for a new church instead.
(b) He refuses the offer.
(c) He asks to leave the island instead.
(d) He gladly accepts the offer.

2. What season marks the start of Chapter 11?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

3. The Bishop plans to send the young man to his hardest parish because
(a) He will learn a great deal quickly.
(b) He will learn how to speak the Indian languages.
(c) He will decide to return to his home and seek medical help.
(d) He will think the village has caused his illness.

4. Why does Caleb feel Mark should be sorry for the Indians?
(a) Because they must endure his presence on their land.
(b) Because they need salvation.
(c) Because they must teach him everything.
(d) Because they are so uncivilized.

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

6. Who or what follows Jim and Mark back to the camp?
(a) The mate of the wolf the hunters killed.
(b) The mate of Caleb.
(c) The mate of the bear the hunters killed.
(d) The mate of Chief Eddy.

7. What does the vicar discover will take him many hours in a day?
(a) Repairing the damage to the vicarage.
(b) Studying the Indians' language.
(c) Staying alive, fed, and clean.
(d) Lighting the fire in the vicarage.

8. Whose return to the village has sparked Mark's interest?
(a) Keetah's brother, who planned to marry a white girl.
(b) Keetah's sister, who planned to marry a white man.
(c) Keetah's sister, who had been abandoned by her fiance.
(d) Keetah's fiance.

9. How do the Indians respond to Mark Brian's attempts to learn their language?
(a) They are amused and mock him openly.
(b) They are amused and indulgent.
(c) They are unimpressed by his efforts.
(d) They are offended.

10. Chief Eddy and Jim seem to have what kind of opinions about Mark Brian?
(a) Favorable.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Disturbed.
(d) Unfavorable.

11. What is Calamity Bill known for?
(a) He is said to hide in the bush and scare the women.
(b) He once road into battle with Custer.
(c) He has a personal relationship with the Archbishop.
(d) He wears two sets of long underwear and only changes one.

12. The Bishop will not reveal the young man's illness yet because he fears
(a) The young man will try too hard if he knows he is dying.
(b) The young man will lose his faith if he knows he is dying.
(c) The young man will leave the priesthood if he knows he is dying.
(d) The young man will not try to win over the villagers if he knows he is dying.

13. How does Mark Brian approach the village of Kingcome?
(a) On a rowboat.
(b) On a hydro-plane.
(c) On a forty-foot boat.
(d) On a forty-foot raft.

14. 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.

15. What large item do Mark and Jim have to transport on the boat?
(a) An organ.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A trunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bishop decides to send the young man to

2. As the weather turns colder, Mark and Jim face challenges with

3. Mark asks Jim to show him

4. The Bishop believes the men of the village have offered to help Mark build the vicarage because

5. The female salmon they watch is too weak to fight

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