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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After hunting lessons from Attean, what is the first thing that Matt catches?
2. By what name does the stranger introduce himself?
3. When Attean catches a fish he feels is too small, what does he do with the fish before he releases it?
4. What does Matt believe that the Indians desire most as treatment from white settlers?
5. What is the first thing Matt prepares to teach Attean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How might one evaluate the stories Ben tells of living with the Indians and fighting the French?
2. In what ways does Matt reveal his maturity in this first chapter?
3. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.
4. Looking back to how Matt first meets the man who calls himself Ben, what is Matt's first mistake regarding this man?
5. What specifically causes Matt's accident and pain?
6. Some might say that by heeding his father's advice Matt makes a mistake. How might one blame Matt's father for Matt being duped?
7. What does the last sentence of the chapter mean, "So he was not so quick-witted as he should have been when unexpectedly someone arrived"?
8. How does Matt's father's teachings help Matt when he is alone?
9. How does Matt deal with his disappointment in not hitting the red squirrel that he sets out to kill for food?
10. Explain whether Matt is jealous of Attean's fishing skills.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The wilderness is the setting of the novel, The Sign of the Beaver. In this novel, the wilderness is more than a backdrop for the action; it is a force. Discuss how the wilderness as it is described various times in the novel has the power to challenge, to motivate, to please, and to frighten characters. Use at least three specific examples from the text to show the role the wilderness plays in this novel.
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of The Sign of the Beaver when Attean and Matt first meet, they are boys who are the same age and of very different cultures. In terms of their early relationship, that is until Attean becomes a man, compare and contrast these two young men.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 17 Matt learns Attean's personal history. How is this personal history lesson more powerful to Matt than other lessons about Indians he has learned in the past?
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