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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Keetah wants to bear Gordon's child so that
(a) HIs line will continue to live in the village, though he will not.
(b) He will be forced to marry her against his will.
(c) She can hold on to some part of him.
(d) She can punish JIm for his past behavior.

5. What does Mark suggest the villagers do about the burial grounds?
(a) He suggests they find a new burial ground and abandon the old one.
(b) He suggests they start burying the boxes underground like whites do.
(c) He suggests they ignore the problem.
(d) He suggests they build a mass grave.

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

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

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

9. What is causing new conflict among the villagers?
(a) The ability to buy liquor.
(b) The ability to marry outside the tribe.
(c) The ability to buy prescription drugs.
(d) The ability to travel to other villages.

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. Who unexpectedly visits the village?
(a) A group of tourists from Texas.
(b) A groups of Indians from a neighboring village.
(c) A group of southern Californian tourists.
(d) A group of clergymen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Mark Brian feels he has made friends with loneliness, deprivation, and death, he feels he was constantly supported by

2. When Keetah returns to the village, she finds

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

4. Who alerts the Bishop to Mark's physical condition?

5. The passage at the end of the novel means

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