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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 does Attean do as he leaves Matt at the cabin in Chapter 21?

2. What does Attean bring Matt for breakfast on the morning after the celebration?

3. What word best describes Matt's thoughts as soon as Attean and the fellow visitor leave?

4. On this particular visit to Matt's cabin, what is Matt warned of?

5. When Attean tells Matt that he and his family are leaving, what is the reason he gives Attean for their departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Matt "delighted" to know that Attean tells the story to his brothers?

3. What evidence is there that Matt's relationship with the Indians fulfilled a familial longing?

4. How does such a violent act as killing a bear bring Matt and Attean into a relationship that for the first time seems like a friendship?

5. Since Matt has spent time with the Indians, how is he better able to make provisions for the winter?

6. Attean tells Matt that it is the white man who introduced metal traps to the Indians. What does the trap symbolize to Attean?

7. When Attean takes Matt around to see the Indian women working, why is this work of such interest to Matt and of little interest to Attean?

8. What is the explanation for Attean not eating the bear and how does he seem to feel about this?

9. How does Saknis receive Matt's declining the invitation to go on the hunt with his people?

10. How does the celebration of the bear kill at Attean's village actually work to lessen friction over cultural differences?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Why is Attean's explanation of the manitou and Matt's understanding and concern for it a significant turning point in their relationship?

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