The Sign of the Beaver Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elizabeth George Speare
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Sign of the Beaver Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elizabeth George Speare
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where do the bees NOT sting Matt?
(a) HIs arms.
(b) His face.
(c) His feet.
(d) His neck.

2. When Attean leaves, whose trip does Matt compare Robinson Crusoe's survival to?
(a) His and his father's.
(b) Saknis's.
(c) Attean's.
(d) His own survival after the bee sting.

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

4. Who bakes the johnnycake that Matt eats after hunting?
(a) Matt.
(b) A local Indian.
(c) Matt's father.
(d) Matt's mother.

5. Why does Attean have a problem with Matt's sitting next to him?
(a) Attean feels that Matt talks too loud.
(b) Attean mistrusts Matt.
(c) Attean does not want Matt so close.
(d) Attean says he wants to stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Attean becomes angry and storms out of the cabin in Chapter 9, in what mood is Matt left?

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

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

4. What is the first thing Matt prepares to teach Attean?

5. What is the first word that Matt hears the stranger speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Attean be so uninterested in learning to read and write the English language?

2. Explain whether Matt is jealous of Attean's fishing skills.

3. Explain why the reader senses that Matt's rescuer is kind and that Matt is safe.

4. How does Matt intend to deal with his loneliness?

5. 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?

6. How is Matt more apt to question slavery now when reading with Attean and never before?

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

8. How does the story of Robinson Crusoe become more than a reading book for Attean and Matt?

9. How might one evaluate the stories Ben tells of living with the Indians and fighting the French?

10. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.

(see the answer keys)

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