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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 discover about himself at the start of the chapter?
(a) He still does not understand Kwakwala.
(b) He can understand Kwakwala.
(c) He must work harder to force the Indians to trust him.
(d) He is not liked by the tribal women.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Keetah is
(a) Mrs. Stephens' granddaughter.
(b) Sam's granddaughter.
(c) Mrs. Hudson's granddaughter.
(d) Jim's granddaughter.

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

9. Jim describes his people through several
(a) Pantomimes.
(b) Legends and stories.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Lengthy historical discussions.

10. Why doesn't the young man know about his illness?
(a) The villagers are trying to treat it.
(b) The Bishop has not told him yet.
(c) The doctor tries to cover it up.
(d) The man does not speak the native's language.

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

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

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

14. Jim Wallace wants the vicar to know that he is
(a) Free in the village.
(b) Employed by the church.
(c) The only Indian in the village who is not free.
(d) Not willing to be friends with a white man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The illness will not allow the man to live longer than

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

3. With his new winter hat on, the new vicar looks like

4. Who invited Mark to go hunting?

5. Who is T.P. Wallace?

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