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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. Once Matt is finished outside, he relaxes with a cup of tea. From what does he make this tea?
(a) Spruce needles.
(b) Mint.
(c) Hemlock.
(d) Pine cones.

2. From what does Matt make a pair of mittens for himself?
(a) Fox.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Mink.

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

4. What is one of the food preparations that Matt learns from the Indian women?
(a) Baking corn muffins.
(b) Making corn chowder.
(c) Drying berries.
(d) Making stew from deer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Matt realizes it is September, what sign of fall does he NOT encounter?

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

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

5. After Attean visits with his grandfather, with whom does Attean return a few days later?

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 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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