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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels up the river with Mark and the Bishop?

2. Why does the Bishop come back to the village?

3. Mark observes that everything in nature

4. The visitors cause Mark Brian to feel what about the world of the white man he has left behind?

5. The dying man asks Mark Brian to

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Calamity Bill's request for the vicar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Mark Brian's struggles with both the living and the inanimate in the novel. Write an essay in which you chronicle his relationship with the living and the inanimate, using specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the motifs of age and wisdom, and youth and inexperience in the novel. Write an essay in which you identify Craven's theme regarding either age and wisdom or youth and inexperience, using at least three textual examples for support.

Essay Topic 3

The motif of decay appears throughout Craven's novel. How does this motif contribute to her message? Write an essay in which you explore the motif of decay and its relevance to Craven's message, using specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

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