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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. What is Jim's response to Keetah's state of health?

2. Who waits up for Mark at the end of the novel?

3. According to Jim, Keetah does not say goodbye to anything in the village because

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

5. Who is found ill, alone in his shack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What concern does Caleb share with Mark in the chapter?

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

5. Why are the elders afraid of the hamatsa?

6. What evidence of community is apparent in the chapter?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Images and suggestions of snakes appear at various points in the novel. Consider the traditional connotations of snakes, and write an essay in which you discuss the significance of snakes to the events and theme of Craven's novel.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the motifs of cooperation and obedience in the novel. How do cooperation and obedience affect the characters of the novel? Write an essay in which you discuss the roles of cooperation and obedience in Mark Brian's life, or in the lives of the villagers.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the role of myths and legends in the novel. Write an essay in which you explain how the myths and legends affect events and/or characters in the novel, and use at least three examples from the text to support your argument.

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