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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. Why didn't the hunters discuss their plans aloud?
(a) The women of the tribe would try to hunt the game first.
(b) The warrior spirits would try to trick the game into hiding.
(c) The animal spirits would conspire to harm the hunters.
(d) The animal spirits would hear, and the game would hide.

2. Mark returns to the vicarage and to the smell of
(a) Dinner.
(b) Death.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fire.

3. Why is Keetah's family leaving the tribe to live in a deserted village?
(a) They are ashamed that a drunken family member sold a tribal mask.
(b) They are going to start their own tribe and traditions.
(c) They are ashamed that a family member will marry a white man.
(d) They are going to find a better life after selling a tribal mask.

4. Whose death does Mark Brian experience in Chapter 11?
(a) Keetah's sister.
(b) Mrs. Hudson.
(c) Marta.
(d) Gordon's mother.

5. Mark Brian sees himself as
(a) A fearless conqueror.
(b) A brave explorer of a new world.
(c) A guest in the Indians' house.
(d) An interloper on Indian territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has offered Mark Brian a great deal of advice and training?

2. Why did the white teacher choose to come to the village?

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. The female salmon they watch is too weak to fight

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be the consensus of opinions about Mark Brian among the elders?

2. Why is Jim interested in the prayer Mark Brian recites?

3. How do most of the Indians behave toward Mark Brian?

4. What is significant about the names of the characters revealed in the Introduction?

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

6. Describe the state of the vicarage.

7. Why does Mark Brian refuse the Bishop's offer to send a new vicarage?

8. While Mark feels he has learned little about the Indians, what does the Bishop tell him?

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

10. Why do the villagers offer to help Mark build the vicarage?

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