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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. Who assures Matt that the local Indians were not to be feared?
(a) His Indian friends from Massachusetts.
(b) His preacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. How does Attean react to Matt's estimate of how long he will be teaching Attean?
(a) He knocks the book off the table and runs out of the cabin.
(b) He tells Matt he will try, but that Matt has to make lessons faster.
(c) He throws the book Matt.
(d) He grabs Matt's hand and begins to Indian wrestle.

3. Who/what is with this person who rescues Matt from the bee attack?
(a) A baby.
(b) A dog.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A child.

4. What does the sign of the beaver designate?
(a) Hunting property of the people of the beaver.
(b) A historic treaty signing location.
(c) A beaver preserve.
(d) The home of Attean.

5. What does Attean make hooks from when Matt loses his fish hook?
(a) A pine cone.
(b) A piece of wood.
(c) A thistle.
(d) A stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Matt from the bee attack?

2. After the cabin break-in, what food does Matt find that he is particularly tired of?

3. When Matt sees his cabin in shambles, what does he expect is the cause?

4. What does the stranger admire and say that is "worth a passel of beaver"?

5. Why does Matt decide that the cause of the break-in couldn't be Indians?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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. How does Matt intend to deal with his loneliness?

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

10. Characterize the relationship that develops between Saknis and Matt.

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