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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 not attend Keetah's wedding.
(c) Keetah's sister will marry a white man.
(d) Keetah's sister will marry a man f rom another tribe.

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

3. Why is Jim convinced Keetah will marry him?
(a) Because she is clearly in love with him.
(b) Because he is the only unmarried young man in the village.
(c) Because he is Catholic like she is.
(d) Because he knows Gordon will not stay in the village.

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

5. Mark finds himself tending for an orphaned
(a) Salmon.
(b) Boy.
(c) Seal.
(d) Deer.

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

7. The vicar believes he will have to begin his work by
(a) Rolling up his shirtsleeves.
(b) Trading for what he needs.
(c) Outsmarting the Indians.
(d) Begging for what he needs.

8. In Kwakwala, there is no word for
(a) Thank You.
(b) Good morning.
(c) Please.
(d) Goodbye.

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

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

11. When the men deliver the organ to the church
(a) It plays beautifully.
(b) It draws a crowd.
(c) It falls apart.
(d) It does not work.

12. Families gather at the end of the salmon run to
(a) Discuss tribal business.
(b) Celebrate the death of the salmon.
(c) Retell myths and smoke fish.
(d) Hold the salmon festival.

13. 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.

14. Peter wonders how long it will take the vicar to discover
(a) That Peter lives in the vicarage.
(b) That Peter is the only white teacher.
(c) That Peter is the village carver.
(d) That Peter lives in the cemetery.

15. Why didn't the hunters discuss their plans aloud?
(a) The animal spirits would conspire to harm the hunters.
(b) The warrior spirits would try to trick the game into hiding.
(c) The women of the tribe would try to hunt the game first.
(d) The animal spirits would hear, and the game would hide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What season marks the start of Chapter 11?

3. What relationship did Mark Brian observe in the hunters of the tribe?

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

5. What does Mark Brian do when the Bishop offers to send a new vicarage?

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