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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. What is the first word that Matt hears the stranger speak?
2. What are the pests that most often annoy Matt?
3. Although Matt was discouraged, what does he decide to do after he cleans up after the break in?
4. What does the sign of the beaver designate?
5. What is the one animal that is Matt's goal to shoot?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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"?
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. Matt wakes in the morning dreading the task of teaching Attean to read. Explain the reason for this dread and whether it is justified.
4. Despite Matt's gun being gone, what is happens in Chapter 4 that suggests that Matt is in good spirits?
5. Why does Matt blame himself for the bear's intrusion into his cabin?
6. What does Matt reveal in the narration that reveals how sensitive he is to being without a gun?
7. Characterize the relationship that develops between Saknis and Matt.
8. How is Matt's experience of learning how to make a bow different from the other hunting lessons of Attean so far in the story?
9. How might one evaluate the stories Ben tells of living with the Indians and fighting the French?
10. How dies Matt discover that he can overcome his loneliness?
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
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
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.
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