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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Jim and Mark are out on the boat
(a) A hurricane occurs.
(b) A tornado occurs.
(c) An earthquake occurs.
(d) A landslide occurs.

2. Mark observes that everything in nature
(a) Seemed to know its place.
(b) Seemed to sense his presence.
(c) Seemed to sense his illness.
(d) Seemed to know he did not belong.

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

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

5. Who travels up the river with Mark and the Bishop?
(a) Calamity Bill.
(b) Caleb.
(c) A drunken villager.
(d) A pregnant woman.

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

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

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

9. Who surprises Mark with a visit?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Calamity Bill.
(c) The Bishop.
(d) The white tourists.

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

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

12. In March, what burden is lifted from the villagers?
(a) The burden of the white man.
(b) The burden of winter.
(c) The burden of liquor.
(d) The burden of Sam.

13. When he returns, Mark visits
(a) The vicarage.
(b) Marta's house.
(c) The burial grounds.
(d) Keetah's family.

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

15. Why do Jim and Mark go out on the boat during a storm?
(a) Because a drunk, young logger is lost at sea.
(b) Because they are fishing.
(c) Because a drunk, young logger has asked them for help.
(d) Because they are lost at sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mark's chief concern for the Indians while he is away from the village?

2. Who unexpectedly visits the village?

3. What two reasons demand that the vicarage be built before August?

4. When Mark tells Marta he has heard the owl call his name, she says

5. What favor does Keetah ask from Mark on behalf of the villagers?

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