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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the vicar discover will take him many hours in a day?
(a) Lighting the fire in the vicarage.
(b) Repairing the damage to the vicarage.
(c) Studying the Indians' language.
(d) Staying alive, fed, and clean.

2. Mark Brian will have to work closely with an agent from
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Indian Affairs Department.
(c) The Internal Revenue Service.
(d) The Archbishop of Canterbury.

3. Which of Constable Pearson's actions makes the Indians hold in their laughter?
(a) He is physically sick after he eats a meal with the tribe.
(b) He cannot find his way around the village.
(c) He cannot find the dead body.
(d) He is physically sick at the sight of the dead body.

4. Peter wonders how long it will take the vicar to discover
(a) That Peter is the only white teacher.
(b) That Peter lives in the cemetery.
(c) That Peter is the village carver.
(d) That Peter lives in the vicarage.

5. What is Calamity Bill known for?
(a) He wears two sets of long underwear and only changes one.
(b) He is said to hide in the bush and scare the women.
(c) He has a personal relationship with the Archbishop.
(d) He once road into battle with Custer.

6. Why is the whole tribe home together for the first time since Mark's arrival in the village?
(a) Everyone has come home for a funeral.
(b) Everyone has come home for Thanksgiving.
(c) Everyone has come home for Christmas.
(d) Everyone has come home for Keetah's sister's wedding.

7. When Mark Brian sees the tribe approaching the church single file, he is reminded of
(a) Their duty to him as their vicar.
(b) Their travel up the river.
(c) Their oppression by the white man.
(d) Their travel from the mountains to the Bering Sea.

8. In the painting of Christ,
(a) Christ is looking away as if unconcerned.
(b) Christ is extending his hand to the lambs.
(c) Christ is white and appears remote.
(d) Christ is Indian and appears to know their sadness.

9. The Bishop plans to
(a) Tell the young man to be grateful for his health.
(b) Tell the young man he does not have any illnesses.
(c) Tell the young man his illness is psychological.
(d) Tell the young man about his illness eventually.

10. Mark returns to the vicarage and to the smell of
(a) Fire.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Hope.
(d) Death.

11. With his new winter hat on, the new vicar looks like
(a) A bank robber.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) An egg.
(d) A snowman.

12. What does the doctor hope the Bishop will do for the young man?
(a) He hopes the Bishop will train the young man well.
(b) He hopes the Bishop will warn the young man of his condition.
(c) He hopes the Bishop will pray for the young man.
(d) He hopes the Bishop will nurse the young man to health.

13. Ellie is
(a) The young daughter of Sam, the poorest man in the village.
(b) The young daughter of Jim Wallace.
(c) The young daughter of Peter, the poorest man in the village.
(d) The young daughter of Sam, the white school teacher.

14. What activity contributes to Mark Brian's feeling of responsibility to the Indians?
(a) Caring for Calamity Bill.
(b) Repairing the Bishop's boat.
(c) Playing the organ in the church.
(d) Delivering gifts to the children in the villages.

15. Mark finds himself tending for an orphaned
(a) Salmon.
(b) Deer.
(c) Seal.
(d) Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Craven often describes the Indians' eyes and faces as

2. Why is the Indian woman wailing outside the vicarage?

3. What does Mark Brian do that captures Jim's attention?

4. What is true of both the swimmer and Mark Brian?

5. Who has returned to the village after their self-imposed exile?

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