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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. How does Mark Brian approach the village of Kingcome?
(a) On a forty-foot boat.
(b) On a forty-foot raft.
(c) On a hydro-plane.
(d) On a rowboat.

2. What large item do Mark and Jim have to transport on the boat?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A cardboard box.
(c) A trunk.
(d) An organ.

3. The Bishop reveals that Kingcome is
(a) Where he would want to go to escape the real world.
(b) Where he would want to go if he were in the young man's place.
(c) Where he would want to go to renew his faith.
(d) Where he would want to go to spend his dying days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact associates Mark Brian with "the swimmer?"

2. What formality does Jim help Mark leave behind?

3. The female salmon they watch is too weak to fight

4. Why does the teacher visit the vicar?

5. What news arrives from Keetah's sister, Mrs. Hudson's granddaughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the character of Constable Pearson.

3. What makes hunting difficult for Mark Brian?

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

5. Why does Jim believe Keetah would be happier with him than with Gordon?

6. What does the Bishop's letter teach Mark Brian about the white man's "problem" with the Indians?

7. Why is Marta Stephens knitting a hat for the vicar?

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

9. How does Mrs. Hudson feel about the arrival of the new vicar?

10. According to the myth, how was the old village formed?

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