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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. Who has returned to the village after their self-imposed exile?
(a) Gordon's relatives.
(b) Jim's relatives.
(c) Caleb.
(d) The Bishop.

2. What observation does T. P. Wallace make about Mark Brian?
(a) He constantly said "we" when he meant "I."
(b) He was encouraging the Indian sons to leave the tribe.
(c) He respected the Indians' customs.
(d) He did not seem to understand the accepted customs.

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

4. What relationship did Mark Brian observe in the hunters of the tribe?
(a) The warrior-to-warrior relationship.
(b) The brotherly relationship.
(c) The father-son relationship.
(d) The boss-laborer relationship.

5. What do Jim and Mark witness on the river?
(a) They witness a murder.
(b) They witness dolphins swimming to the ocean.
(c) They witness a run of salmon.
(d) They witness a lunar eclipse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The illness will not allow the man to live longer than

2. Chief Eddy and Jim seem to have what kind of opinions about Mark Brian?

3. Which of Constable Pearson's actions makes the Indians hold in their laughter?

4. What formality does Jim help Mark leave behind?

5. Why does the teacher visit the vicar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to the vicar's first Sunday service?

2. What does Mark Brian learn about rules or obedience throughout the chapter?

3. What seems to be most important to the Bishop regarding the young man and the Indian village?

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

5. Describe Sam, the unlucky one.

6. What do the villagers believe about the salmon?

7. While Mark feels he has learned little about the Indians, what does the Bishop tell him?

8. How do most of the Indians behave toward Mark Brian?

9. According to the myth, how was the old village formed?

10. What does the Bishop's letter teach Mark Brian about the white man's "problem" with the Indians?

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