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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. When Matt and Attean are hiking in the woods, they come upon a trap. Of what is the trap made?
2. After Attean visits with his grandfather, with whom does Attean return a few days later?
3. Once Matt is finished outside, he relaxes with a cup of tea. From what does he make this tea?
4. What does Matt say that he thought of the Indian way of life before he actually visited them?
5. In what game that he plays with the Indians is Matt most successful?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it ironic that Matt wonders how the Great Spirit that the Indians worship seem to be like the Indians themselves--i.e. a mighty hunter, very strong?
2. How does the celebration of the bear kill at Attean's village actually work to lessen friction over cultural differences?
3. How does Matt's reaction to the cleanup being relegated to squaws indicate that he is more accepting of cultural differences?
4. Even though they are husband and wife, why do Saknis's feelings about the white man differ from the feelings of Attean's grandmother?
5. How do the setting and details that the author uses to describe autumn work to match Matt's mood when he recognizes that his family is past due?
6. How is Matt and Attean's use of each other's language symbolic of their relationship?
7. In spite of Attean not being in high spirits, he visits Matt shortly before his manitou. What is the significance of this visit at this time?
8. What evidence is there that Matt's relationship with the Indians fulfilled a familial longing?
9. How does Saknis receive Matt's declining the invitation to go on the hunt with his people?
10. When Attean comes to say farewell, why does Matt to give Attean his father's watch and not the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At one point, both Saknis and Attean call Matt the white brother of Attean. Why is this term "brother" used by them here? How is being named a "brother" different than being called a "friend"? Why do they come to think Matt deserves this name?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
In Matt's cabin, in addition to Robinson Crusoe, he also has the Bible. When Matt retells Attean a story from the Bible, Attean accepts it much better than the Robinson Crusoe story. What is it about the story of Noah's Ark that is ultimately more acceptable to Attean?
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