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

2. When Ben blames himself for the break-in, what does he specifically blame himself for?
(a) Leaving a piece of corn cake on the stoop.
(b) Leaving the aroma of stew near an open window.
(c) Not barring the door at all.
(d) Not barring the door securely.

3. When the man asks whether Matt is alone at the camp site, how does Matt respond?
(a) That it is note of his business.
(b) That he is alone, but his family should be there any minute.
(c) That he is alone.
(d) That his father is away just now.

4. What is the one animal that is Matt's goal to shoot?
(a) A bear.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A fox.
(d) A deer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Matt asks Attean to show him how to kill a rabbit, what is it that piqued his interest in learning to hunt as Attean?

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

4. What part of Robinson Crusoe does Matt begin Attean's lesson on the the second day of reading classes?

5. What is the main source of Matt's frustration with gardening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How dies Matt discover that he can overcome his loneliness?

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

5. 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"?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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