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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. Who waits up for Mark at the end of the novel?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jim.
(c) Marta.
(d) Keetah.

2. Who orchestrates the boys' housing and schooling arrangements?
(a) The RCMP.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Mark's sister.

3. Marta's prayer for Mark
(a) Echoes the prayer of a woman for her lover.
(b) Echoes the prayers Mark taught her.
(c) Echoes the prayer of an Indian for a white man.
(d) Echoes the prayer of a mother for her child.

4. Mark observes that everything in nature
(a) Seemed to know he did not belong.
(b) Seemed to sense his illness.
(c) Seemed to sense his presence.
(d) Seemed to know its place.

5. Mark realizes he has come to rely on
(a) Sam.
(b) Jim.
(c) Peter.
(d) Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he returns, Mark visits

2. What tree has been a great "friend" to the Indians?

3. Mark Brian dies when

4. Mark compares Caleb's role among the Indians to that of

5. The elders stay away when Gordon visits because

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the long boat trip back to the village from Knight's inlet offer Mark the opportunity to do?

2. What does the Bishop claim happens every time he arrives at the village?

3. Who is the Englishwoman who comes to visit the village?

4. What does Mark learn among the elders during his stay at Marta's?

5. Why are the elders afraid of the hamatsa?

6. How is Caleb like the Cedar-man, according to Mark?

7. What advice does Mark offer Gordon before they part?

8. Though the river freezes, how do the villagers survive?

9. In what state does Mark find the village when he returns?

10. Why does Mark claim he is offering Jim advice on how to treat Keetah?

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