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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Indian name of the village where Mark Brian is sent?
(a) Quee.
(b) Khawadelugha.
(c) Quelele.
(d) Wolf.

3. Who is Tagoona?
(a) Tagoona is an Eskimo who becomes an ordained priest.
(b) Tagoona is a storm that symbolizes difficult times for the Indians.
(c) Tagoona is the first white priest to live among the Eskimos.
(d) Tagoona is the mythical brother who settled the tribe.

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

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

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

7. When Mark Brian sees the tribe approaching the church single file, he is reminded of
(a) Their travel up the river.
(b) Their travel from the mountains to the Bering Sea.
(c) Their oppression by the white man.
(d) Their duty to him as their vicar.

8. Mark Brian succeeds where the doctor failed to
(a) Pull Ethel's tooth.
(b) Pull Marta's tooth.
(c) Pull Peter's tooth.
(d) Pull Sam's tooth.

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

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

11. Where is the novel set?
(a) California.
(b) British Columbia.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Britain.

12. Who are the doctor and the Bishop discussing?
(a) The young Constable.
(b) The young Bishop.
(c) The young ordinand.
(d) The young doctor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mark and all the young people to rush on to the path?

2. What does Peter claim causes this new feeling among the villagers?

3. When Mark Brian feels his full commitment to the Indian community, his response is

4. What season marks the start of Chapter 11?

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

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