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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 hyenas.
(c) A pack of bears.
(d) A pack of fox.

2. Seconds before Matt and Attean encounter the bear, what makes Attean first sense danger?
(a) The sound of a cry.
(b) The branches moving.
(c) The sound of something moving slowly.
(d) The sound of something moving quickly.

3. What animal is in the trap that they come upon?
(a) A fox.
(b) A beaver.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A squirrel.

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

5. How doesMatt first become aware of an animal being in danger?
(a) He senses danger.
(b) He hears an animal cry.
(c) He sees the dog in the trap.
(d) He smells blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is one of the food preparations that Matt learns from the Indian women?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 15, what animal does Matt successfully kill with his bow and arrow?

5. What emotion does Matt imagine he sees in Attean's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does Matt do at the end of Chapter 24 that suggests he has adequately prepared for winter?

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

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

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

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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