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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 pack of fox.
(b) A pack of bears.
(c) A bear, a panther or a rattlesnake.
(d) A pack of hyenas.

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

3. What is the next book that Matt has to get his adventures from?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Leaves of Grass.
(c) Swiss Family Robinson.
(d) Around the World in Eighty Days.

4. After Matt's fun-filled day at Attean's village, how long does Matt wait before he sees Attean again?
(a) About 4 days.
(b) About 2 weeks.
(c) About 3 months.
(d) About 1 week.

5. What does Matt wish Attean had given him to show his father upon his return?
(a) A bear claw.
(b) A piece of bear skin.
(c) A bear ear.
(d) A bear's tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Matt finally finishes telling the story of Robinson Crusoe to Attean, what does Attean say?

2. What does Matt say that he thought of the Indian way of life before he actually visited them?

3. Before Attean leaves Matt, what gift does Attean give Matt?

4. What English word does Attean offer as a rough translation of his word "manitou"?

5. When Matt is alone and feeling lonely, what does Matt imagine might have happened to his father?

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. As Matt misses his family and Christmas nears, how do his memories work for him?

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

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