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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. How many arrows does Attean use to kill the bear?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. What does Matt feel as he leaves Attean's grandmother after the day at the village?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Desire to stay.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Homesickness.

3. Before Attean leaves Matt, what gift does Attean give Matt?
(a) A bear fur rug.
(b) A rifle.
(c) His dog.
(d) A finely made bow and quiver of arrows.

4. When Matt and Attean are hiking in the woods, they come upon a trap. Of what is the trap made?
(a) Strings.
(b) Twigs.
(c) Stones.
(d) Iron.

5. What is Attean permitted to eat during his stay alone in the forest?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Nuts and berries.
(c) Smoked fish.
(d) Salt-dried meat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On this particular visit to Matt's cabin, what is Matt warned of?

3. When Attean visits Matt after his manitou, who accompanies him?

4. What is the story about that Attean tells Matt?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Attean takes Matt around to see the Indian women working, why is this work of such interest to Matt and of little interest to Attean?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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