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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of clothing does Matt lose when he is battling the bees?
(a) A boot.
(b) A sock
(c) A hunting vest.
(d) A shirt.

2. How often is Matt instructed to cut a notch in the stick?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Once a day.

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

4. What is one book that Matt has in the cabin?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(c) By Wagon and Flatboat.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

5. How might one characterize the way in which Matt and Attean work together in the forest to create a weapon?
(a) Cooperatively.
(b) Competitively.
(c) Impatiently.
(d) Independently.

6. What is Attean's preferred method of making arrows?
(a) Rubbing 2 sticks together.
(b) Carving.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Whittling.

7. In the midst of a bee swarm, what does Matt think will be his escape?
(a) His blanket.
(b) Water.
(c) His cabin.
(d) Wet leaves.

8. When Attean invites Matt to go fishing, what does Attean stop on the way to make?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) Fishing hooks.
(c) A spear.
(d) A net.

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

10. What does Matt still have a few grains of in a tin after the break in?
(a) Flour.
(b) Salt.
(c) Cornmeal.
(d) Sugar.

11. What does the word "seba" mean?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Today.
(d) Yesterday.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Matt have to tend to every day in his garden patch?

2. When Matt reads Robinson Crusoe to Attean, which word does he change?

3. When the man asks whether Matt is alone at the camp site, how does Matt respond?

4. What is the reason for the oil that Attean spreads on his body and hair?

5. How many children are living with Matt's mother?

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