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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 the incident with the bees, what is the main source of Matt's pain?
2. As Matt and Attean find their way back to the cabin, what does Attean find and share with Matt?
3. When Attean invites Matt to go fishing, what does Attean stop on the way to make?
4. What is the first word that Matt hears the stranger speak?
5. How old will Matt be in seven weeks from the day his father leaves?
Short Essay Questions
1. How dies Matt discover that he can overcome his loneliness?
2. Matt wakes in the morning dreading the task of teaching Attean to read. Explain the reason for this dread and whether it is justified.
3. How does the story of Robinson Crusoe become more than a reading book for Attean and Matt?
4. Why might Attean be so uninterested in learning to read and write the English language?
5. Why is the absence of the rifle so terrible for Matt?
6. In Chapter 11, the reader comes upon the explanation of the title of the novel, "the sign of the beaver." What is the sign of the beaver?
7. How does Matt deal with his disappointment in not hitting the red squirrel that he sets out to kill for food?
8. How does Matt's father's teachings help Matt when he is alone?
9. Explain how Matt's appetite might be considered the impetus for the action of Chapter 5, when he is attacked by bees?
10. How does Matt's garden experience prove to be frustrating?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss whether the conflict of man against man or man against nature is the framework for the basic conflict in The Sign of the Beaver.
Essay Topic 2
The Sign of the Beaver certainly explores the plight of the native Americans. Yet there is much the reader learns about "the white man" from Attean. What image of the white frontiersmen emerges from this novel? In other words, how does the image of the white man that Attean speaks of compare or contrast to the actual white men (such as Matt, his father, and briefly, Ben) the reader encounters in the story?
Essay Topic 3
The road to friendship is a gradual sometimes--especially when there is mistrust and resentment. How does Matt overcome his mistrust of Attean? How does Attean overcome his resentment of white people?
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