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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. The elders now believe
(a) Mark Brian truly understands their ways.
(b) A new graveyard is necessary.
(c) Their dead will reward Mark Brian.
(d) Their dead can rest in peace.

2. When Mark releases Calamity Bill's ashes,
(a) He hears the Bishop call his name.
(b) He hears his prayers echo back to him across the channel.
(c) He hears to raven call his name.
(d) He hears Calamity Bill whisper goodbye.

3. Caleb felt himself an intruder when visiting
(a) The vicarage.
(b) Deserted villages.
(c) The boat.
(d) Indians' homes.

4. The rain and mud slide at the start of Chapter 13 signal an example of
(a) Onomatopeoia.
(b) Irony.
(c) Tone.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. What two reasons demand that the vicarage be built before August?
(a) In August the rains began and liquor would be legal for Indians.
(b) In August Mark Brian would leave and the Bishop would arrive.
(c) In August the mosquitos came and illness would follow.
(d) In August Keetah and Gordon would be married and they would leave the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the hospital ship come for the dying man?

2. On his way back to the village, Mark hears the owl call his name, signaling

3. Who seems to have a hard time adjusting to white society at first?

4. The woman Keetah had lived with at school

5. What tree has been a great "friend" to the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is T. P. Wallace throwing a dance-potlatch for Jim?

2. How does Mark Brian help the villagers solve their problem with the burial grounds?

3. What does the Bishop claim happens every time he arrives at the village?

4. How is Caleb like the Cedar-man, according to Mark?

5. Why does Mark claim he is offering Jim advice on how to treat Keetah?

6. What is the mood among the boys going to live at the white school?

7. What advice does Mark offer Gordon before they part?

8. Why does Keetah ask Mark to remain in the village?

9. Describe Mark and Jim's relationship.

10. Why does Peter sit up waiting for the vicar after his funeral?

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