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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assures Matt that the local Indians were not to be feared?
(a) His mother.
(b) His Indian friends from Massachusetts.
(c) His preacher.
(d) His father.

2. What does the sign of the beaver designate?
(a) Hunting property of the people of the beaver.
(b) The home of Attean.
(c) A historic treaty signing location.
(d) A beaver preserve.

3. What part of Robinson Crusoe does Matt begin Attean's lesson on the the second day of reading classes?
(a) The passage about a battle at sea.
(b) The passage about signing a treaty.
(c) The passage about being born in the heart of New York City.
(d) The passage about surviving a storm.

4. When Matt asks Attean to show him how to kill a rabbit, what is it that piqued his interest in learning to hunt as Attean?
(a) Saknis's bragging about his grandson's hunting skills.
(b) How Attean's rabbit was killed without a hole in it.
(c) Attean's bragging about his hunting skills.
(d) How he caught such a large rabbit.

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

6. When the bees begin to swarm, what does Matt say they sound like?
(a) A storm.
(b) A great train.
(c) A tornado
(d) A great wind.

7. What does Matt make for his guest and himself to eat?
(a) A bear steak.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A stew.
(d) A groundhog.

8. On the first trip that Attean and Matt make into the woods to hunt rabbits, what weapon did Attean bring?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A snare.
(d) A dagger.

9. What is the "old blunderbuss" Matt's father speaks of?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A cabin.
(c) The family dog.
(d) The eldest brother.

10. After the cabin break-in, what food does Matt find that he is particularly tired of?
(a) Fish stew.
(b) Plain fish.
(c) Fish broth.
(d) Salted fish.

11. What is the sweet ingredient that Matt that is disappearing because he uses it a lot?
(a) Corn syrup.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Honey.
(d) Molasses.

12. When Matt sees his cabin in shambles, what does he expect is the cause?
(a) The stranger, Ben.
(b) A bear.
(c) A fox.
(d) Crows.

13. What is the reason for the oil that Attean spreads on his body and hair?
(a) It is from his breakfast of greasy meat.
(b) It is from a sacred ceremony that morning.
(c) It is a spring Indian ritual.
(d) It is supposed to repel insects.

14. Who is Attean?
(a) A trapper
(b) An Indian child.
(c) A fur trader.
(d) An older Indian man.

15. What does Saknis bring Matt to wear?
(a) Suede shirt.
(b) New boots.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Suede pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Matt wake up and decide he wants?

2. Who is Aremus?

3. When Matt sees the 7 notches on his stick used for measuring time gone by, what month does he judge it is?

4. What is the main source of Matt's frustration with gardening?

5. After the incident with the bees, what is the main source of Matt's pain?

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