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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. Mark and Jim share a picnic with
(a) Keetah and Marta.
(b) The teacher.
(c) Sam and Ellie.
(d) Chief Eddy and Gordon.

2. Mark Brian will have to work closely with an agent from
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Indian Affairs Department.
(c) The Internal Revenue Service.
(d) The Archbishop of Canterbury.

3. Before he travels to the village, Mark Brian
(a) Reconsiders his decision to live in the village.
(b) Carefully tends to the boat.
(c) Writes letters to his family.
(d) Suns himself while waiting for Jim to arrive.

4. Jim Wallace wants the vicar to know that he is
(a) Employed by the church.
(b) Not willing to be friends with a white man.
(c) The only Indian in the village who is not free.
(d) Free in the village.

5. Who has returned to the village after their self-imposed exile?
(a) Gordon's relatives.
(b) Caleb.
(c) The Bishop.
(d) Jim's relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is dumped into the the center of the stream by the villagers?

2. The illness will not allow the man to live longer than

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

4. What is the Indian name of the village where Mark Brian is sent?

5. Whose return to the village has sparked Mark's interest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Gordon's mask to the tribe?

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

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

5. Describe the character of Constable Pearson.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the Bishop's intentions for the young ordinand.

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