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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. What is the first animal that Matt attempts to shoot?
(a) A red squirrel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A grey fox.
(d) A red fox.

2. Who rescues Matt from the bee attack?
(a) An Indian child.
(b) Ben.
(c) An Indian man.
(d) His father.

3. Although Matt was discouraged, what does he decide to do after he cleans up after the break in?
(a) Cook gritty cakes.
(b) Make bread.
(c) Cook fish.
(d) Cook stew.

4. What does Matt believe that the Indians desire most as treatment from white settlers?
(a) Politeness.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Flour.
(d) Tobacco.

5. After the incident with the bees, what is the main source of Matt's pain?
(a) His head.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Matt taken after he is rescued from the bees?

2. What is the main source of noise Matt notices in the woods?

3. What does the stranger ask for that Matt doesn't have?

4. On the first trip that Attean and Matt make into the woods to hunt rabbits, what weapon did Attean bring?

5. How old will Matt be in seven weeks from the day his father leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 10, Matt comments that Attean has smiled his first genuine smile. One must infer the reason for this smile. What is the reason behind this smile?

2. Why does Matt blame himself for the bear's intrusion into his cabin?

3. Why might one argue that Matt underestimates the danger the bees could cause him when he is planning to get some honey?

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

5. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.

6. How does Matt's garden experience prove to be frustrating?

7. 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"?

8. Some might say that by heeding his father's advice Matt makes a mistake. How might one blame Matt's father for Matt being duped?

9. In Chapter 11, the reader comes upon the explanation of the title of the novel, "the sign of the beaver." What is the sign of the beaver?

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

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