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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the food preparations that Matt learns from the Indian women?
(a) Making corn chowder.
(b) Drying berries.
(c) Making stew from deer.
(d) Baking corn muffins.

2. When Attean visits Matt after his manitou, who accompanies him?
(a) Saknis.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) The group of boys he played with at the village.

3. What does Matt throw at the bear?
(a) An animal.
(b) His stick.
(c) An arrow head.
(d) A rock.

4. On this day that he has trouble opening the door, what food that his mother makes does Matt miss?
(a) Roast pork.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Roast chicken.

5. What is the story about that Attean tells Matt?
(a) A hunt.
(b) A treaty for peace.
(c) A battle.
(d) A flood.

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

7. When Matt first learns that he is invited to the Indian village after the dog rescue, why does he think he is invited?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Cooking Lessons.
(d) Questioning.

8. When Matt daydreams of being a hero to Attean, what does he imagine rescuing Attean from?
(a) A bear, a panther or a rattlesnake.
(b) A pack of hyenas.
(c) A pack of fox.
(d) A pack of bears.

9. When Attean tells Matt of the hardships his people faced, what is the reason he says that white men kill Indian people for?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Their scalps.
(d) Their possessions.

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

11. What prevents Matt from opening the cabin door to go outside?
(a) Snow.
(b) Ice.
(c) Rust.
(d) Wind.

12. What does Attean bring Matt for breakfast on the morning after the celebration?
(a) Cornbread.
(b) Porridge with fruit.
(c) Hard-boiled eggs.
(d) Bear stew.

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

14. 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) Attean.
(c) The scarcity of meat.
(d) His loneliness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Matt hesitate to ask Attean for more stories?

3. On this particular visit to Matt's cabin, what is Matt warned of?

4. In the morning at the village, what makes the thumping sound that Matt notices?

5. On this early autumn visit to Matt's cabin, what does Attean tell Matt the Indian men are preparing to hunt?

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