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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. What does Attean bring Matt for breakfast on the morning after the celebration?
(a) Porridge with fruit.
(b) Cornbread.
(c) Hard-boiled eggs.
(d) Bear stew.

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

3. What prevents Matt from opening the cabin door to go outside?
(a) Rust.
(b) Snow.
(c) Wind.
(d) Ice.

4. What does Attean do as he leaves Matt at the cabin in Chapter 21?
(a) He just walks out.
(b) He gives him a small gift in a leather pouch.
(c) He hugs Matt and calls him his brother.
(d) He extends his hand to shake hands.

5. When Attean visits Matt after his manitou, what is he carrying?
(a) Matt's stolen rifle.
(b) A shiny new rifle.
(c) Fresh caribou meat.
(d) Fresh elk steaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matt wish Attean had given him to show his father upon his return?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Even though they are husband and wife, why do Saknis's feelings about the white man differ from the feelings of Attean's grandmother?

7. Why is it ironic that Matt wonders how the Great Spirit that the Indians worship seem to be like the Indians themselves--i.e. a mighty hunter, very strong?

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

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

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

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