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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 Matt first learns that he is invited to the Indian village after the dog rescue, why does he think he is invited?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Questioning.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Cooking Lessons.

2. When Attean tells Matt that he and his family are leaving, what is the reason he gives Attean for their departure?
(a) They must move to a better hunting ground.
(b) They want to move to a more popuatled area.
(c) They are tired of warring with the people of the turtle.
(d) They want to move to a warmer climate.

3. Who sends Matt a basket of maple sugar?
(a) Attean's grandmother.
(b) Attean's sister.
(c) Attean.
(d) Saknis.

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

5. As Matt thinks about the time of year, what day does he think most about?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) His birthday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) His sister, Sarah's irthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Now that it is winter, how does Matt fish?

2. Why does Matt hesitate to ask Attean for more stories?

3. As winter approaches, what does Matt use to fill in the cracks between the logs in the cabin?

4. What does Matt temporarily "lose" in the gambling game he plays with the Indian boys?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Since Matt has spent time with the Indians, how is he better able to make provisions for the winter?

3. When Matt comes upon the Attean's dog in the trap, he knows he is in the land of the turtle and should not tamper with anything there. Why does he knowingly go against the law that Attean taught him?

4. What is Matt's reaction to Attean's explanation of his grandmother's hatred of white men?

5. Matt gets considerable reassurance of his acceptance in Chapter 22 when Attean renews his invitation to Matt to join them to find a new hunting ground. How does Matt's response please and simultaneously disappoint Attean?

6. 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?

7. When Attean comes to say farewell, why does Matt to give Attean his father's watch and not the book?

8. How is Matt's acceptance of the manitou indicative of his growing respect for the Indian culture?

9. Why is Matt "delighted" to know that Attean tells the story to his brothers?

10. Attean tells Matt that it is the white man who introduced metal traps to the Indians. What does the trap symbolize to Attean?

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