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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 did the villagers do to celebrate this "friend?"
(a) They turned it into a mask.
(b) They turned it into a dance.
(c) They turned it into a shrine.
(d) They turned it into a myth.

2. What news does the Bishop give Mark at the end of the chapter?
(a) The Bishop will seek replacement for Mark, and Mark will leave the village.
(b) The Bishop has been disappointed in Mark's work, so he must leave the village.
(c) The Bishop will ask Mark to stay on in the village though he is ill.
(d) Mark's work in the village is not yet done.

3. Why does the Bishop come back to the village?
(a) To attend Jim and Keetah's wedding.
(b) To determine whether Mark had served the Indians well.
(c) To attend the potlatch.
(d) To confer with Marta and Peter.

4. When Keetah returns, it is because
(a) She has to ask for help from Gordon's relatives.
(b) She cannot find Gordon.
(c) She chooses to return to the village.
(d) She has been defeated by the white world.

5. Who surprises Mark with a visit?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) Calamity Bill.
(c) Caleb.
(d) The white tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dying man asks Mark Brian to

2. When he returns, Mark visits

3. What does Mark suggest the villagers do about the burial grounds?

4. Who alerts the Bishop to Mark's physical condition?

5. Why are the elders concerned about the burial grounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Keetah return to the village without Gordon?

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

5. Describe the visitors to the village in Chapter 13.

6. Why does Mark conclude that the villagers still do not know or trust him?

7. Why doesn't Marta deny that Mark has heard the owl call his name?

8. What is the mood among the boys going to live at the white school?

9. Why are the elders afraid of the hamatsa?

10. Why is T. P. Wallace throwing a dance-potlatch for Jim?

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