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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What small revenge does Mrs. Hudson have on the white man?
(a) She knits them itchy hats.
(b) She refuses to speak English to them.
(c) She serves them mashed turnips.
(d) She serves them wild goose.

2. What causes Mark and all the young people to rush on to the path?
(a) A landslide began on the mountain.
(b) A fight broke out among the villagers.
(c) A jet plane broke the sound barrier.
(d) A boat crashed into the island.

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 decide to return to his home and seek medical help.
(c) He will learn how to speak the Indian languages.
(d) He will think the village has caused his illness.

4. Ellie is
(a) The young daughter of Sam, the poorest man in the village.
(b) The young daughter of Peter, the poorest man in the village.
(c) The young daughter of Jim Wallace.
(d) The young daughter of Sam, the white school teacher.

5. What relationship did Mark Brian observe in the hunters of the tribe?
(a) The warrior-to-warrior relationship.
(b) The father-son relationship.
(c) The boss-laborer relationship.
(d) The brotherly relationship.

6. What does Mark Brian do that captures Jim's attention?
(a) He tries to catch the salmon.
(b) He shrieks in fear.
(c) He recites a sermon.
(d) He recites an Indian prayer.

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

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

9. At the end of the chapter, what is revealed in Mark Brian's eyes?
(a) The answer to a riddle.
(b) The depth of sadness.
(c) His fear of dying.
(d) His hatred of the Indian people.

10. What news arrives from Keetah's sister, Mrs. Hudson's granddaughter?
(a) Keetah's sister refuses to come home for Christmas.
(b) Keetah's sister will marry a white man.
(c) Keetah's sister will marry a man f rom another tribe.
(d) Keetah's sister will not attend Keetah's wedding.

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

12. The illness will not allow the man to live longer than
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

13. What does Peter claim causes this new feeling among the villagers?
(a) The young people are changing because they are not being educated.
(b) The young people are changing because the tribes are intermarrying.
(c) The young people are changing because they are learning the white man's ways.
(d) The young people are changing because they are afraid of the white man's ways.

14. How does Jim know that the RCMP officer, Constable Pearson, will be young and hard?
(a) He claims an older man would not wait ten days to come investigate a child's death.
(b) He claims the Indians always know who is coming before they arrive.
(c) He claims the older man who last held the office was hard.
(d) He claims the RCMP officers are always young and hard.

15. The chief teaches Mark Brian to say
(a) Good Morning.
(b) How do you do.
(c) Amen.
(d) God bless you.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In wintertime, how were the beliefs of the tribe relived?

3. What large item do Mark and Jim have to transport on the boat?

4. How do the Indians respond to Mark Brian's attempts to learn their language?

5. Who invited Mark to go hunting?

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