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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The vicar believes he will have to begin his work by
(a) Outsmarting the Indians.
(b) Rolling up his shirtsleeves.
(c) Begging for what he needs.
(d) Trading for what he needs.

2. What does Mark Brian do when the Bishop offers to send a new vicarage?
(a) He refuses the offer.
(b) He gladly accepts the offer.
(c) He asks to leave the island instead.
(d) He asks for a new church instead.

3. What question does Mrs. Hudson ask Mark Brian as her family leaves the village in shame?
(a) What can you do to help us?
(b) Why have you betrayed us?
(c) What have you done to us?
(d) Why should we forgive you?

4. Mark Brian believes that if a man were to vanish from this area
(a) He would leave no trace of himself behind.
(b) He would have to leave a trail for others to find him.
(c) He would never find his way home.
(d) He would become a ghost like the Indians.

5. What small revenge does Mrs. Hudson have on the white man?
(a) She serves them wild goose.
(b) She knits them itchy hats.
(c) She refuses to speak English to them.
(d) She serves them mashed turnips.

6. Why didn't the hunters discuss their plans aloud?
(a) The animal spirits would hear, and the game would hide.
(b) The animal spirits would conspire to harm the hunters.
(c) The warrior spirits would try to trick the game into hiding.
(d) The women of the tribe would try to hunt the game first.

7. The Bishop reveals that Kingcome is
(a) Where he would want to go if he were in the young man's place.
(b) Where he would want to go to escape the real world.
(c) Where he would want to go to spend his dying days.
(d) Where he would want to go to renew his faith.

8. What large item do Mark and Jim have to transport on the boat?
(a) A cardboard box.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A trunk.
(d) An organ.

9. What news arrives from Keetah's sister, Mrs. Hudson's granddaughter?
(a) Keetah's sister will marry a man f rom another tribe.
(b) Keetah's sister will marry a white man.
(c) Keetah's sister refuses to come home for Christmas.
(d) Keetah's sister will not attend Keetah's wedding.

10. Who are the doctor and the Bishop discussing?
(a) The young Constable.
(b) The young ordinand.
(c) The young Bishop.
(d) The young doctor.

11. Who did Constable Pearson bring with him to the village?
(a) His mother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His superior officer.

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

13. Why is Keetah's family leaving the tribe to live in a deserted village?
(a) They are ashamed that a drunken family member sold a tribal mask.
(b) They are going to find a better life after selling a tribal mask.
(c) They are ashamed that a family member will marry a white man.
(d) They are going to start their own tribe and traditions.

14. Mark discovers he has no talent for
(a) Preaching.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Lying.
(d) Hunting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mark finds himself tending for an orphaned

2. Though cautious, Jim

3. What formality does Jim help Mark leave behind?

4. What happened to Keetah's sister?

5. Ellie is

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