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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what game that he plays with the Indians is Matt most successful?
(a) Marbles.
(b) The gme with a long bat and ball.
(c) Gambling with disks.
(d) Racing in the water.

2. When Matt hears of the atrocities that take place here in this territory, who does he think of and fear for?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) Himself.

3. As Matt and Attean take leave of each other, who does Matt say he would like Attean's grandfather to meet?
(a) The governor of Massachusetts.
(b) Matt's father.
(c) Ben, the man who stole his gun.
(d) Matt's mother.

4. Who goes with Matt to rescue the dog?
(a) Attean's sister.
(b) Saknis.
(c) Attean's brother.
(d) Attean

5. Now that it is winter, how does Matt fish?
(a) He finds shallow springs that never froze and spears fish there.
(b) He plants nets below the ice and then axes the ice to check nets.
(c) He digs a hole through the ice and dropps his line through it.
(d) He jumps up and down on the ice and they swim to the thawed parts.

6. When Attean appears with paint on his skin, what does Matt think?
(a) He thinks Attean is painted for war.
(b) He thinks Attean is painted for a celebration.
(c) He thinks Attean is painted to scare Matt.
(d) He thinks Attean has gone mad.

7. If Attean does not come back to the village having completed his tasks successfully, how will his village view him?
(a) As a failure.
(b) As an unskilled hunter.
(c) As a boy.
(d) As a coward.

8. On this particular visit to Matt's cabin, what is Matt warned of?
(a) Hostile men in the woods who may harm him.
(b) An early winter.
(c) His father not coming.
(d) Difficulty catching food.

9. When Matt is alone and feeling lonely, what does Matt imagine might have happened to his father?
(a) He might have difficulty with the Indians.
(b) He might have been slowed down because of travelling with his wife and another child.
(c) He might have met up with a bear.
(d) He might have encountered bad weather.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 24, Mat gazes up to the sky and talks to the dog. What does he talk about?
(a) The coming snow.
(b) His loneliness.
(c) Attean.
(d) The scarcity of meat.

11. What English word does Attean offer as a rough translation of his word "manitou"?
(a) Elk.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Moose.
(d) Caribou.

12. When Matt and Attean are talking about the animal in the trap, what does Attean say that white men trap for?
(a) The total animal.
(b) Animal skin.
(c) Animal meat.
(d) Animal skeletons.

13. How many arrows does Attean use to kill the bear?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

14. What word best describes Matt's thoughts as soon as Attean and the fellow visitor leave?
(a) Certainty.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Anger.

15. Who makes Matt a new pair of snowshoes?
(a) Attean's grandmother.
(b) Saknis.
(c) Attean.
(d) Attean's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Matt and Attean are hiking in the woods, they come upon a trap. Of what is the trap made?

2. What prevents Matt from opening the cabin door to go outside?

3. As Matt thinks about the time of year, what day does he think most about?

4. Once Matt is finished outside, he relaxes with a cup of tea. From what does he make this tea?

5. As winter approaches, what does Matt use to fill in the cracks between the logs in the cabin?

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