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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. From what does Matt's suspicion come that he is being watched?
2. Where does Matt's father tell him that the bees near Loon Pond are from?
3. What does the stranger say about the quality of the construction of Matt's cabin?
4. What is the first sign to Matt that something bad has happened to his cabin while he was gone?
5. Who rescues Matt from the bee attack?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Matt intend to deal with his loneliness?
3. Characterize the relationship that develops between Saknis and Matt.
4. At the end of Chapter 10, Matt comments that Attean has smiled his first genuine smile. One must infer the reason for this smile. What is the reason behind this smile?
5. Explain whether Matt is jealous of Attean's fishing skills.
6. What specifically causes Matt's accident and pain?
7. Why is the absence of the rifle so terrible for Matt?
8. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.
9. In what ways does Matt reveal his maturity in this first chapter?
10. Despite Matt's gun being gone, what is happens in Chapter 4 that suggests that Matt is in good spirits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of women in Attean's village? What does Attean say about women that help the reader understand his view of women in a community?
Essay Topic 2
Attean does not seem to understand Matt's concept of land ownership and he dismisses treaties that his people had with the white men as worthless. How then does he come to have a different opinion of the markings that tribes put on trees to designate their hunting grounds. How is this concept different from the ownership Matt understands?
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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