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

2. Mark advises Jim to
(a) Treat Keetah as a partner in their marriage.
(b) Treat Keetah as he does the elders.
(c) Treak Keetah as he always has.
(d) Treat Keetah as a traditional wife.

3. In March, what burden is lifted from the villagers?
(a) The burden of Sam.
(b) The burden of liquor.
(c) The burden of winter.
(d) The burden of the white man.

4. What does Mark Brian try to prepare the school boys for?
(a) Living among strangers.
(b) Living in the Indian world.
(c) Living in white society.
(d) Living with women.

5. 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) Mark's work in the village is not yet done.
(c) The Bishop will ask Mark to stay on in the village though he is ill.
(d) The Bishop will seek replacement for Mark, and Mark will leave the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unexpectedly visits the village?

2. Keetah wants to bear Gordon's child so that

3. Who waits up for Mark at the end of the novel?

4. What did the villagers do to celebrate this "friend?"

5. Where does Mark Brian stay while the new vicarage is being constructed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concern does Caleb share with Mark in the chapter?

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

3. Why doesn't Marta deny that Mark has heard the owl call his name?

4. Describe Mark and Jim's relationship.

5. Why does Mark conclude that the villagers still do not know or trust him?

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

7. In what state does Mark find the village when he returns?

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

9. What does Mark learn among the elders during his stay at Marta's?

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

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