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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After hunting lessons from Attean, what is the first thing that Matt catches?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A fox.
(c) A partridge.
(d) A groundhog.

3. What is the first thing Matt prepares to teach Attean?
(a) The alphabet.
(b) How to do simple addition.
(c) How to write numbers.
(d) Common English words.

4. What kind of trees are used to build their cabin?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Cedar.
(d) Mahoghany.

5. When Attean explains the meaning of the sign of the beaver, what does Matt think of this meaning?
(a) It is difficult to understand.
(b) It is ridiculous.
(c) It is sensible.
(d) It is wrong.

6. What is Matt's bed made of?
(a) Moss.
(b) Spruce boughs.
(c) Hemlock boughs.
(d) Oak leaves.

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

8. When the man asks whether Matt is alone at the camp site, how does Matt respond?
(a) That his father is away just now.
(b) That he is alone.
(c) That he is alone, but his family should be there any minute.
(d) That it is note of his business.

9. What is the first sign to Matt that something bad has happened to his cabin while he was gone?
(a) The garden was robbed.
(b) He smelled smoke.
(c) He heard voices from within the cabin.
(d) The door was torn off and broken.

10. Who bakes the johnnycake that Matt eats after hunting?
(a) A local Indian.
(b) Matt's father.
(c) Matt's mother.
(d) Matt.

11. Why does Matt skip the part about where Crusoe was born when he reads to Attean?
(a) It makes Matt homesick for New York.
(b) He thinks it will be uninteresting to Attean.
(c) It contains diffcult words that Attean will not be able to pronounce.
(d) He thinks it will make Attean furious.

12. What is it that Attean had to find before he could teach hunting to Matt?
(a) Dried pine needles.
(b) A vine.
(c) A hole in the ground.
(d) A tree root.

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

14. What does Matt try to salvage after the break-in that is now mixed with dirt?
(a) Flour.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Salt.

15. How long does Matt estimate that it will take Attean to learn his lessons?
(a) A year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit does Matt find nearby?

2. What does Matt still have a few grains of in a tin after the break in?

3. What is the first animal that Matt attempts to shoot?

4. By what name does the stranger introduce himself?

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

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