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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why aren't the local deer afraid of guns?
(a) The Indians are afraid to go near the deer.
(b) The Indians do not hunt deer at all.
(c) The Indians only use guns to hunt bear and geese.
(d) The Indians do not hunt deer with guns, but hit them with clubs.

2. What observation does T. P. Wallace make about Mark Brian?
(a) He did not seem to understand the accepted customs.
(b) He constantly said "we" when he meant "I."
(c) He was encouraging the Indian sons to leave the tribe.
(d) He respected the Indians' customs.

3. The doctor reveals the young man's illness to
(a) The young ordinand.
(b) The Archbishop.
(c) The constable.
(d) The Bishop.

4. The oolachon is
(a) The candlefish.
(b) The river otter.
(c) The salmon.
(d) The blue whale.

5. What happens to the salmon, or swimmer, at the end of his journey?
(a) He dies.
(b) He waits for his eggs to hatch.
(c) He returns to the ocean.
(d) He chooses a mate.

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

7. The Bishop reveals that Kingcome is
(a) Where he would want to go to spend his dying days.
(b) Where he would want to go to escape the real world.
(c) Where he would want to go if he were in the young man's place.
(d) Where he would want to go to renew his faith.

8. Mark and Jim share a picnic with
(a) Sam and Ellie.
(b) The teacher.
(c) Keetah and Marta.
(d) Chief Eddy and Gordon.

9. Who has offered Mark Brian a great deal of advice and training?
(a) Rupert.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) The Archbishop of Canterbury.
(d) Caleb, the old canon.

10. What question does Mrs. Hudson ask Mark Brian as her family leaves the village in shame?
(a) What have you done to us?
(b) Why have you betrayed us?
(c) What can you do to help us?
(d) Why should we forgive you?

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

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

13. Before he travels to the village, Mark Brian
(a) Writes letters to his family.
(b) Reconsiders his decision to live in the village.
(c) Suns himself while waiting for Jim to arrive.
(d) Carefully tends to the boat.

14. Why is Keetah's family leaving the tribe to live in a deserted village?
(a) They are ashamed that a drunken family member sold a tribal mask.
(b) They are going to find a better life after selling a tribal mask.
(c) They are ashamed that a family member will marry a white man.
(d) They are going to start their own tribe and traditions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mark Brian believes the swimmer's fate is

3. What does Mark Brian discover about himself at the start of the chapter?

4. Why is Jim convinced Keetah will marry him?

5. Why didn't the hunters discuss their plans aloud?

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