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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 thing Matt prepares to teach Attean?
(a) Common English words.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) How to write numbers.
(d) How to do simple addition.

2. How often is Matt instructed to cut a notch in the stick?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Twice a day.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Once a week.

3. When Matt's father says, "Aye, it's yourn," what does the word "aye" mean?
(a) Yes.
(b) I bet.
(c) You know.
(d) I know.

4. As Matt sits waiting for his dinner to cook, he hears someone. Who/what does he first think he hears?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His preacher.
(c) His Dad.
(d) His younger brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms are in the log cabin that Matt has helped built?

2. What does Matt think of the difficulty of climbing the tree that has bees in it?

3. Who bakes the johnnycake that Matt eats after hunting?

4. What does Matt try to salvage after the break-in that is now mixed with dirt?

5. What is held in the keg that was overturned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Attean, to say the least, is uncooperative in his first reading lesson. Explain his behavior and the feelings behind this behavior.

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

8. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.

9. 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?

10. Looking back to how Matt first meets the man who calls himself Ben, what is Matt's first mistake regarding this man?

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