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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the villagers do to celebrate this "friend?"
(a) They turned it into a mask.
(b) They turned it into a shrine.
(c) They turned it into a dance.
(d) They turned it into a myth.

2. According to the myth, the hamatsa is
(a) A cedar tree.
(b) A white man.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A cannibal.

3. What favor does Keetah ask from Mark on behalf of the villagers?
(a) She asks him to help her find Gordon again.
(b) She asks him to stay until he dies.
(c) She asks him to bring the Bishop back.
(d) She asks him to perform her marriage to Jim.

4. Mark realizes he has come to rely on
(a) Sam.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Jim.
(d) Peter.

5. Mark Brian dies when
(a) A tornado destroys his boat.
(b) His illness overwhelms him.
(c) A crash destroys his boat.
(d) A landslide destroys his boat.

6. Why does the Bishop come back to the village?
(a) To confer with Marta and Peter.
(b) To attend Jim and Keetah's wedding.
(c) To determine whether Mark had served the Indians well.
(d) To attend the potlatch.

7. Ironically, Sam's drinking causes
(a) His wife to insist that he attend Alcholics Anonymous.
(b) His wife to leave him for another man.
(c) HIs wife to insist that their daughter go to school.
(d) His wife to insist that their son go to school.

8. Caleb felt himself an intruder when visiting
(a) The boat.
(b) Indians' homes.
(c) The vicarage.
(d) Deserted villages.

9. Mark advises Jim to
(a) Treat Keetah as a traditional wife.
(b) Treak Keetah as he always has.
(c) Treat Keetah as a partner in their marriage.
(d) Treat Keetah as he does the elders.

10. Who seems to have a hard time adjusting to white society at first?
(a) Keetah.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jim.

11. On the river, Mark stops to help
(a) Two fishermen bringing in their catch.
(b) Two loggers moving a float camp.
(c) Two tourists stranded on their yacht.
(d) Two loggers hauling a load of lumber.

12. Mark discovers the man has
(a) A broken back.
(b) A broken collarbone.
(c) A broken hip.
(d) A broken leg.

13. What news does the Bishop give Mark at the end of the chapter?
(a) The Bishop will ask Mark to stay on in the village though he is ill.
(b) Mark's work in the village is not yet done.
(c) The Bishop has been disappointed in Mark's work, so he must leave the village.
(d) The Bishop will seek replacement for Mark, and Mark will leave the village.

14. Who promises to return to the village at Christmas time?
(a) Keetah.
(b) Chief Eddy.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Jim.

15. What is Jim's response to Keetah's state of health?
(a) He says no child of Gordon's will ever be his.
(b) He says a child is always a reminder of past mistakes.
(c) He says she will not raise the child herself.
(d) He says a child is always welcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. On behalf of Calamity Bill, Mark Brian refuses

2. What does Mark Brian's sister feel when she sees him for the first time in months?

3. When Keetah does not come to see him, Mark decides

4. What will Mark Brian tell the first Indian man who asks to borrow money when he has spent all his earnings on liquor?

5. Why does Mark refuse to urge Gordon to stay, as the elders have asked him?

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