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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. What news arrives from Keetah's sister, Mrs. Hudson's granddaughter?
(a) Keetah's sister will not attend Keetah's wedding.
(b) Keetah's sister will marry a man f rom another tribe.
(c) Keetah's sister refuses to come home for Christmas.
(d) Keetah's sister will marry a white man.

2. What is true of both the swimmer and Mark Brian?
(a) They are both doomed to complete their task and die.
(b) They are both outcasts of society.
(c) They are both kinds of fish.
(d) They are both unclear about their purpose.

3. The young man will be sent to Kingcome to
(a) Patrol the Indian villages.
(b) Win the Indians trust for political reasons.
(c) Convert the Indians to Catholicism.
(d) Quell any Indian rebellions.

4. What fact associates Mark Brian with "the swimmer?"
(a) He loves fishing.
(b) He has a twin sister.
(c) He wants to keep moving up the river.
(d) He is an excellent swimmer.

5. The oolachon is
(a) The salmon.
(b) The river otter.
(c) The blue whale.
(d) The candlefish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Constable Pearson bring with him to the village?

2. Who invited Mark to go hunting?

3. Mark asks Jim to show him

4. Sam plans to ask the vicar

5. Who are the doctor and the Bishop discussing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sam, the unlucky one.

3. What do the villagers believe about the salmon?

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

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

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

7. What does the behavior of the young people symbolize for people like Peter?

8. What did mothers of deceased children tell them as part of the old tradition?

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

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

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