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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Matt and Attean arrive in a part of the woods, Matt has never been in, where do they see the sign of the beaver?
(a) On a teepee.
(b) On a stone.
(c) On a tree.
(d) On a fort.

2. What does the stranger ask for that Matt doesn't have?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Cider.
(d) Tobacco.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are less of a nuisance to Matt now that it is July?

2. What does Matt believe that the Indians desire most as treatment from white settlers?

3. What does Matt make for his guest and himself to eat?

4. Who is Attean?

5. Where does Matt's father tell him that the bees near Loon Pond are from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Saknis and his grandson differ in their opinions of the white man?

2. Despite Matt's gun being gone, what is happens in Chapter 4 that suggests that Matt is in good spirits?

3. What does the last sentence of the chapter mean, "So he was not so quick-witted as he should have been when unexpectedly someone arrived"?

4. Explain how Matt's appetite might be considered the impetus for the action of Chapter 5, when he is attacked by bees?

5. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.

6. How is Matt's experience of learning how to make a bow different from the other hunting lessons of Attean so far in the story?

7. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.

8. What does Matt reveal in the narration that reveals how sensitive he is to being without a gun?

9. Why is the absence of the rifle so terrible for Matt?

10. In what ways does Matt reveal his maturity in this first chapter?

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