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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The elders stay away when Gordon visits because
(a) He has no interest in the past.
(b) He plans to ask the tribe for money for his travels.
(c) He plans to call for change among the villagers.
(d) He has no interest in any of the villagers.

2. Why are the elders concerned about the burial grounds?
(a) Many coffins have fallen from the trees and bones lie on the ground.
(b) The white tourists have located it and insist on visiting.
(c) The coffins are overcrowding the villagers' homes.
(d) The Indians keep getting drunk and passing out there.

3. Who alerts the Bishop to Mark's physical condition?
(a) Keetah.
(b) Mrs. Hudson.
(c) Marta.
(d) Jim.

4. Where does Mark Brian stay while the new vicarage is being constructed?
(a) At Keetah's house.
(b) At Marta's house.
(c) At the old vicarage.
(d) At the Bishop's house.

5. Traveling in the river, Mark begins to
(a) Consider the question of his health.
(b) Consider moving to the village permanently.
(c) Consider the wisdom of his work.
(d) Consider leaving the faith.

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

7. Who is found ill, alone in his shack?
(a) Jim.
(b) Sam.
(c) Calamity Bill.
(d) Mark.

8. The passage at the end of the novel means
(a) Thank you.
(b) That is all.
(c) God Bless.
(d) The End.

9. When Mark releases Calamity Bill's ashes,
(a) He hears to raven call his name.
(b) He hears Calamity Bill whisper goodbye.
(c) He hears the Bishop call his name.
(d) He hears his prayers echo back to him across the channel.

10. Who unexpectedly visits the village?
(a) A group of southern Californian tourists.
(b) A group of tourists from Texas.
(c) A group of clergymen.
(d) A groups of Indians from a neighboring village.

11. What is causing new conflict among the villagers?
(a) The ability to buy liquor.
(b) The ability to marry outside the tribe.
(c) The ability to travel to other villages.
(d) The ability to buy prescription drugs.

12. Who waits up for Mark at the end of the novel?
(a) Marta.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jim.
(d) Keetah.

13. What does Mark suggest the villagers do about the burial grounds?
(a) He suggests they build a mass grave.
(b) He suggests they ignore the problem.
(c) He suggests they find a new burial ground and abandon the old one.
(d) He suggests they start burying the boxes underground like whites do.

14. Mark compares Caleb's role among the Indians to that of
(a) The Salmon man.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) The Hamatsa.
(d) The Cedar man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the English anthropologist call the Indian tribe?

2. Who promises to return to the village at Christmas time?

3. Ironically, Sam's drinking causes

4. In March, what burden is lifted from the villagers?

5. Why doesn't the hospital ship come for the dying man?

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