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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What major change occurs at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) A landslide occurs.
(b) The fish do not come.
(c) The river overflows.
(d) The river freezes.

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

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

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

8. 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 perform her marriage to Jim.
(c) She asks him to bring the Bishop back.
(d) She asks him to stay until he dies.

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

10. Whose health was revived by the tribal dances and rituals?
(a) Marta's.
(b) T.P. Wallace's.
(c) Chief Eddy's.
(d) Mrs. Hudson's.

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

12. What two reasons demand that the vicarage be built before August?
(a) In August the rains began and liquor would be legal for Indians.
(b) In August the mosquitos came and illness would follow.
(c) In August Keetah and Gordon would be married and they would leave the village.
(d) In August Mark Brian would leave and the Bishop would arrive.

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

14. The Bishop hopes Mark's time in the village has taught him
(a) The cold indifference of nature.
(b) To appreciate the good things life has offered him.
(c) Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die.
(d) The difference between whites and Indians.

15. The dying man asks Mark Brian to
(a) Spread his ashes in a certain place.
(b) Deliver a fine eulogy for him.
(c) Obtain a fine suit for his burial.
(d) Contact all his friends and relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he returns, Mark visits

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

3. What news does the Bishop give Mark at the end of the chapter?

4. What does Mark Brian try to prepare the school boys for?

5. What is causing new conflict among the villagers?

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