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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the English anthropologist call the Indian tribe?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Quackadoodles.
(c) Quackers.
(d) Labradoodles.

3. Gordon claims he cannot come "home" again because
(a) The village demands him to change.
(b) The elders refuse to consider change.
(c) The village has changed too much.
(d) He has changed too much.

4. On his way back to the village, Mark hears the owl call his name, signaling
(a) His time in the village is over.
(b) His impending departure.
(c) His life has had meaning.
(d) His impending death.

5. During his travels with Jim, the river has always offered Mark
(a) Another reason to trust the Bishop.
(b) A reason to return to the village.
(c) The chance to go home again.
(d) Another passage way, or a way out.

6. What is Mark's chief concern for the Indians while he is away from the village?
(a) That Sam will hurt someone.
(b) That the Bishop will arrive and find him missing.
(c) That liquor will destroy them.
(d) That he does not belong there anymore.

7. Caleb warns Mark that
(a) Soon the villagers will leave for the outside world.
(b) Soon the villagers will ask him to leave.
(c) Soon the outside world will intrude upon the village and the tribe.
(d) Soon the outside world will forget the village.

8. What does Mark Brian try to prepare the school boys for?
(a) Living in white society.
(b) Living among strangers.
(c) Living in the Indian world.
(d) Living with women.

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

10. Who tells Mark the myth of the hamatsa?
(a) Mrs. Hudson.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Peter.
(d) Marta.

11. The teacher does not attend the funeral because
(a) If he shows he cares, he will have to live and suffer.
(b) If he shows he cares, he will have to live and die with the villagers.
(c) If he shows he cares, he will have to help with the funera.
(d) If he shows he cares, the Indians will tease him.

12. Marta's prayer for Mark
(a) Echoes the prayer of an Indian for a white man.
(b) Echoes the prayer of a woman for her lover.
(c) Echoes the prayers Mark taught her.
(d) Echoes the prayer of a mother for her child.

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

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

15. During his stay, Mark gets to know
(a) The tribal songs and myths.
(b) The laws concerning the villagers.
(c) The Bishop's friends.
(d) The village elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is causing new conflict among the villagers?

2. Why do Jim and Mark go out on the boat during a storm?

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

4. Ironically, Sam's drinking causes

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

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