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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Mark and all the young people to rush on to the path?
(a) A landslide began on the mountain.
(b) A fight broke out among the villagers.
(c) A boat crashed into the island.
(d) A jet plane broke the sound barrier.

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

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

4. 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 travel from the mountains to the Bering Sea.
(d) Their oppression by the white man.

5. 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 is physically sick at the sight of the dead body.
(c) He cannot find the dead body.
(d) He cannot find his way around the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter wonders how long it will take the vicar to discover

2. The chief teaches Mark Brian to say

3. Who invited Mark to go hunting?

4. In the painting of Christ,

5. Why aren't the local deer afraid of guns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mark learn from the RCMP about Keetah's sister?

2. What does the behavior of the young people symbolize for people like Peter?

3. According to the Bishop, how does an Indian feel about his village?

4. Describe Sam, the unlucky one.

5. Why does Mark agree to help Gordon get an education?

6. Why does Jim believe Keetah would be happier with him than with Gordon?

7. Describe the salmon run the men witness.

8. What is significant about the names of the characters revealed in the Introduction?

9. Describe the character of Constable Pearson.

10. Describe Caleb's attitude toward the Indian people of the village.

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