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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marta asks Mark to dinner because
(a) The elders want to talk to him about the cemetery.
(b) The elders want to talk to him about the vicarage.
(c) The elders want to talk to him about Jim.
(d) The elders want to talk to him about his health.

2. What does Mrs. Hudson suggest they serve at Mark's funeral?
(a) Mashed turnips.
(b) Mashed potatoes.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Corn.

3. Though Mark Brian feels he has made friends with loneliness, deprivation, and death, he feels he was constantly supported by
(a) His friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) His family.
(d) His faith.

4. 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 he does not belong there anymore.
(d) That liquor will destroy them.

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

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

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

8. Why doesn't the hospital ship come for the dying man?
(a) It is too far away and the straits are too rough.
(b) It is too far away and busy caring for the Indians.
(c) It is only for the use of white people.
(d) It is nearby, but the river is so high and rough the ship cannot travel.

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

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

11. The elders now believe
(a) A new graveyard is necessary.
(b) Their dead can rest in peace.
(c) Mark Brian truly understands their ways.
(d) Their dead will reward Mark Brian.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The dying man asks Mark Brian to

2. During his stay, Mark gets to know

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

4. Mark observes that everything in nature

5. Caleb felt himself an intruder when visiting

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