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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 daydreams of being a hero to Attean, what does he imagine rescuing Attean from?
(a) A bear, a panther or a rattlesnake.
(b) A pack of bears.
(c) A pack of fox.
(d) A pack of hyenas.

2. When Matt walks in the woods, how does he find his way?
(a) He drew on the trees.
(b) He memorizes the route.
(c) He makes cuts in the trees.
(d) He leaves belongings on the trail.

3. In the morning at the village, what makes the thumping sound that Matt notices?
(a) Boys beating small drums.
(b) Women grinding fish bones for ceramics.
(c) Women mortaring corn into meal.
(d) Boys jumping on a crude trampoline.

4. When Matt first arrives at the village, how does he react to the smells from the cooking?
(a) He becomes curious.
(b) He become very hungry.
(c) He becomes lighted-headed.
(d) He becomes frightened that he will have to eat this food that he smells.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 24, Mat gazes up to the sky and talks to the dog. What does he talk about?
(a) The coming snow.
(b) Attean.
(c) The scarcity of meat.
(d) His loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Attean bring Matt for breakfast on the morning after the celebration?

3. On this day that he has trouble opening the door, what food that his mother makes does Matt miss?

4. What is Attean permitted to eat during his stay alone in the forest?

5. Who is Gluskabe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the celebration of the bear kill at Attean's village actually work to lessen friction over cultural differences?

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

3. How does Saknis receive Matt's declining the invitation to go on the hunt with his people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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