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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 appears with paint on his skin, what does Matt think?
(a) He thinks Attean is painted to scare Matt.
(b) He thinks Attean is painted for war.
(c) He thinks Attean is painted for a celebration.
(d) He thinks Attean has gone mad.

2. When Matt wakes up after the celebration at Attean's village, what does Matt NOT see hanging or laying around?
(a) Animal skin rugs.
(b) Clam shells.
(c) Fish bones.
(d) Animal bones.

3. Before Attean leaves Matt, what gift does Matt give Attean?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) A watch.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A shirt.

4. Who is Gluskabe?
(a) Attean's brother.
(b) The story teller of people of the beaver.
(c) Attean's friend.
(d) The Indian's Great Spirit.

5. When Matt finally finishes telling the story of Robinson Crusoe to Attean, what does Attean say?
(a) "You're kidding me."
(b) "Finally."
(c) "Too bad."
(d) "Good."

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Matt is finished outside, he relaxes with a cup of tea. From what does he make this tea?

2. When Matt and Attean are talking about the animal in the trap, what does Attean say that white men trap for?

3. As Matt and Attean take leave of each other, who does Matt say he would like Attean's grandfather to meet?

4. How doesMatt first become aware of an animal being in danger?

5. When Matt hears of the atrocities that take place here in this territory, who does he think of and fear for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation for Attean not eating the bear and how does he seem to feel about this?

2. What does Matt do at the end of Chapter 24 that suggests he has adequately prepared for winter?

3. How does Matt's reaction to the cleanup being relegated to squaws indicate that he is more accepting of cultural differences?

4. How do the setting and details that the author uses to describe autumn work to match Matt's mood when he recognizes that his family is past due?

5. After a day of hard play in the Indian village, Matt is physically sore but content. Explain these two apparently contradicting feelings.

6. Why is it ironic that Matt wonders how the Great Spirit that the Indians worship seem to be like the Indians themselves--i.e. a mighty hunter, very strong?

7. How does such a violent act as killing a bear bring Matt and Attean into a relationship that for the first time seems like a friendship?

8. How is Matt and Attean's use of each other's language symbolic of their relationship?

9. What evidence is there that Matt's relationship with the Indians fulfilled a familial longing?

10. What is the conflict Matt faces when Saknis invites him to come along on the hunt with his people as Attean's brother?

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