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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. Who assures Matt that the local Indians were not to be feared?
2. How might one characterize the way in which Matt and Attean work together in the forest to create a weapon?
3. What is the first word that Matt hears the stranger speak?
4. What is the "white stuff" that has spilled?
5. What does Matt make for his guest and himself to eat?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why the reader senses that Matt's rescuer is kind and that Matt is safe.
2. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.
3. Characterize the relationship that develops between Saknis and Matt.
4. How does Matt's remark about shooting squirrels remind the reader that Matt is still a child?
5. Matt wakes in the morning dreading the task of teaching Attean to read. Explain the reason for this dread and whether it is justified.
6. Why might one argue that Matt underestimates the danger the bees could cause him when he is planning to get some honey?
7. Despite Matt's gun being gone, what is happens in Chapter 4 that suggests that Matt is in good spirits?
8. What specifically causes Matt's accident and pain?
9. Why might Attean be so uninterested in learning to read and write the English language?
10. What is Attean's method for retracing his path in the woods that he tries to instill in Matt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning of The Sign of the Beaver, Matt is a child in his father's care. Although he has learned the lessons his father and his parents have taught him, discuss the immature side of Matt and give examples of his behaviors or early relations with people that suggest that he is still a child.
Essay Topic 2
The Sign of the Beaver is a piece of historical fiction. The basic dilemmas of Attean and his people were the dilemmas and tragedies of the native Americans in the times of westward expansion. What do you think of the author's decision to have Attean and his people leave before Matt's family could meet them?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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