View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Mark the myth of the hamatsa?
(a) Mrs. Hudson.
(b) Peter.
(c) Marta.
(d) Caleb.

2. When Mark tells Marta he has heard the owl call his name, she says
(a) Not yet, my son.
(b) No, you must be mistaken.
(c) Only the tribe members can hear the owl.
(d) Yes, my son.

3. What does the English anthropologist call the Indian tribe?
(a) Quackadoodles.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Quackers.
(d) Labradoodles.

4. During his travels with Jim, the river has always offered Mark
(a) Another reason to trust the Bishop.
(b) The chance to go home again.
(c) Another passage way, or a way out.
(d) A reason to return to the village.

5. Who promises to return to the village at Christmas time?
(a) Jim.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Keetah.
(d) Chief Eddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Jim and Mark are out on the boat

2. The elders stay away when Gordon visits because

3. Mark advises Jim to

4. On the river, Mark stops to help

5. Why doesn't the hospital ship come for the dying man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Mark and Jim's relationship.

6. Why does Keetah ask Mark to remain in the village?

7. Why are the elders afraid of the hamatsa?

8. Why does Peter sit up waiting for the vicar after his funeral?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 731 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample