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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The woman Keetah had lived with at school
(a) Was afraid of her and treated her badly.
(b) Was supportive and caring.
(c) Denied her food and lodging when she arrived.
(d) Gave her every chance to prove herself in the white world.

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

3. Why does Mark refuse to urge Gordon to stay, as the elders have asked him?
(a) He has promised Gordon he will help him get out of the village.
(b) He has promised Keetah he would not interfere.
(c) He has promised Jim to urge Gordon to go.
(d) He has promised Gordon's mother to help him get an education.

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

5. When Keetah does not come to see him, Mark decides
(a) He may not really know the Indians at all.
(b) She might not want to see him again.
(c) He may have mistaken the reason for her return.
(d) He might be in love with her.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. Mark realizes he has come to rely on
(a) Gordon.
(b) Sam.
(c) Jim.
(d) Peter.

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

14. On behalf of Calamity Bill, Mark Brian refuses
(a) The offer of a coffin the loggers built.
(b) The offer of a suit for his burial.
(c) The offer of help cremating the body.
(d) The offer of a ride from the hospital boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Keetah returns, it is because

2. During his travels with Jim, the river has always offered Mark

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. Whose health was revived by the tribal dances and rituals?

5. The elders now believe

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