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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The illness will not allow the man to live longer than
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

2. Mark Brian believes the swimmer's fate is
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A disgrace.
(c) A joke.
(d) A triumph.

3. What does Mark Brian promise the dying woman?
(a) He will help her daughter find a husband.
(b) He will help her granddaughters get married.
(c) He will help her son get an education.
(d) He will help her find her way back to the tribe.

4. What question does Mrs. Hudson ask Mark Brian as her family leaves the village in shame?
(a) Why have you betrayed us?
(b) What have you done to us?
(c) Why should we forgive you?
(d) What can you do to help us?

5. The chief teaches Mark Brian to say
(a) How do you do.
(b) Good Morning.
(c) Amen.
(d) God bless you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the vicar prays for help about the decayed vicarage?

2. At the end of the chapter, what is revealed in Mark Brian's eyes?

3. What animal's image is carved above the Bible?

4. Why is the whole tribe home together for the first time since Mark's arrival in the village?

5. Whose death does Mark Brian experience in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Bishop, how does an Indian feel about his village?

2. What seems to be most important to the Bishop regarding the young man and the Indian village?

3. Why does Mark agree to help Gordon get an education?

4. What limitations does the ordinand's illness place on him?

5. What causes Gordon's family to sell the tribal mask that has been in their family for so long?

6. Who speaks at the funeral after Mark Brian is done?

7. Describe the salmon run the men witness.

8. Describe Caleb's attitude toward the Indian people of the village.

9. What do the villagers believe about the salmon?

10. What information does Mark learn from the RCMP about Keetah's sister?

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