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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/what is with this person who rescues Matt from the bee attack?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Matt wake up and decide he wants?
3. What does the stranger say about the quality of the construction of Matt's cabin?
4. Who bakes the johnnycake that Matt eats after hunting?
5. Who is Saknis?
Short Essay Questions
1. Looking back to how Matt first meets the man who calls himself Ben, what is Matt's first mistake regarding this man?
2. 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?
3. How dies Matt discover that he can overcome his loneliness?
4. Why might one argue that Matt underestimates the danger the bees could cause him when he is planning to get some honey?
5. How does Matt intend to deal with his loneliness?
6. What does Matt reveal in the narration that reveals how sensitive he is to being without a gun?
7. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.
8. Why is the absence of the rifle so terrible for Matt?
9. Why might Attean be so uninterested in learning to read and write the English language?
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
Even though Saknis is responsible for bringing up Attean, are there any significant ways in which Saknis and Attean are different? How does the reader sense the mutual love and respect they have for each other?
Essay Topic 2
Until Matt read Robinson Crusoe to Attean, it was just the story of an adventure. What does Matt himself learn from reading Robinson Crusoe through Attean's eyes? How does the book ultimately become an educational tool for Matt?
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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