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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. How might one characterize Matt and Attean 's opinion of the finished weapon?
(a) It is a beauty and will work well.
(b) Matt is satisfied; Attean is not satisfied.
(c) It is rough, but it will do the job.
(d) Attean is satisfied; Matt is not satisfied.

2. Who/what is with this person who rescues Matt from the bee attack?
(a) A child.
(b) A dog.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A baby.

3. How many rooms are in the log cabin that Matt has helped built?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What is the first animal that Matt attempts to shoot?
(a) A grey fox.
(b) A red fox.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A red squirrel.

5. What does the stranger admire and say that is "worth a passel of beaver"?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A dining table.
(c) A bed.
(d) A beaver stew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Attean make hooks from when Matt loses his fish hook?

2. What is the sweet ingredient that Matt that is disappearing because he uses it a lot?

3. What does Matt try to salvage after the break-in that is now mixed with dirt?

4. What fruit does Matt find nearby?

5. What are the two crops that Matt has evidently planted near his cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Matt's remark about shooting squirrels remind the reader that Matt is still a child?

2. What specifically causes Matt's accident and pain?

3. Why is the absence of the rifle so terrible for Matt?

4. How does Matt deal with his disappointment in not hitting the red squirrel that he sets out to kill for food?

5. How does Matt's father's teachings help Matt when he is alone?

6. Matt wakes in the morning dreading the task of teaching Attean to read. Explain the reason for this dread and whether it is justified.

7. Looking back to how Matt first meets the man who calls himself Ben, what is Matt's first mistake regarding this man?

8. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.

9. In Chapter 11, the reader comes upon the explanation of the title of the novel, "the sign of the beaver." What is the sign of the beaver?

10. How is Matt more apt to question slavery now when reading with Attean and never before?

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