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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who unexpectedly visits the village?
(a) A group of clergymen.
(b) A group of tourists from Texas.
(c) A group of southern Californian tourists.
(d) A groups of Indians from a neighboring village.

2. 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.

3. The elders stay away when Gordon visits because
(a) He has no interest in any of the villagers.
(b) He plans to ask the tribe for money for his travels.
(c) He plans to call for change among the villagers.
(d) He has no interest in the past.

4. Why does Mark refuse to urge Gordon to stay, as the elders have asked him?
(a) He has promised Gordon he will help him get out of the village.
(b) He has promised Keetah he would not interfere.
(c) He has promised Gordon's mother to help him get an education.
(d) He has promised Jim to urge Gordon to go.

5. The Bishop hopes Mark's time in the village has taught him
(a) Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die.
(b) The difference between whites and Indians.
(c) The cold indifference of nature.
(d) To appreciate the good things life has offered him.

6. When Keetah returns, it is because
(a) She cannot find Gordon.
(b) She has to ask for help from Gordon's relatives.
(c) She chooses to return to the village.
(d) She has been defeated by the white world.

7. Ironically, Sam's drinking causes
(a) His wife to leave him for another man.
(b) HIs wife to insist that their daughter go to school.
(c) His wife to insist that their son go to school.
(d) His wife to insist that he attend Alcholics Anonymous.

8. Though Mark Brian feels he has made friends with loneliness, deprivation, and death, he feels he was constantly supported by
(a) His wife.
(b) His family.
(c) His friends.
(d) His faith.

9. Gordon claims he cannot come "home" again because
(a) He has changed too much.
(b) The village has changed too much.
(c) The village demands him to change.
(d) The elders refuse to consider change.

10. Mark compares Caleb's role among the Indians to that of
(a) The Bishop.
(b) The Hamatsa.
(c) The Salmon man.
(d) The Cedar man.

11. Traveling in the river, Mark begins to
(a) Consider leaving the faith.
(b) Consider moving to the village permanently.
(c) Consider the wisdom of his work.
(d) Consider the question of his health.

12. 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) Yes, my son.
(d) Only the tribe members can hear the owl.

13. Who travels up the river with Mark and the Bishop?
(a) Calamity Bill.
(b) A pregnant woman.
(c) A drunken villager.
(d) Caleb.

14. What news does the Bishop give Mark at the end of the chapter?
(a) The Bishop has been disappointed in Mark's work, so he must leave the village.
(b) The Bishop will seek replacement for Mark, and Mark will leave the village.
(c) The Bishop will ask Mark to stay on in the village though he is ill.
(d) Mark's work in the village is not yet done.

15. Mark discovers the man has
(a) A broken hip.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken back.
(d) A broken collarbone.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rain and mud slide at the start of Chapter 13 signal an example of

2. What two reasons demand that the vicarage be built before August?

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

4. What does Mark Brian try to prepare the school boys for?

5. According to the myth, the hamatsa is

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