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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 walks in the woods, how does he find his way?
2. When Matt first arrives at the village, how does he react to the smells from the cooking?
3. When Matt daydreams of being a hero to Attean, what does he imagine rescuing Attean from?
4. When Attean visits Matt after his manitou, what is he carrying?
5. What is Attean permitted to eat during his stay alone in the forest?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Matt's acceptance of the manitou indicative of his growing respect for the Indian culture?
2. Matt gets considerable reassurance of his acceptance in Chapter 22 when Attean renews his invitation to Matt to join them to find a new hunting ground. How does Matt's response please and simultaneously disappoint Attean?
3. How is Matt and Attean's use of each other's language symbolic of their relationship?
4. After a day of hard play in the Indian village, Matt is physically sore but content. Explain these two apparently contradicting feelings.
5. When Matt comes upon the Attean's dog in the trap, he knows he is in the land of the turtle and should not tamper with anything there. Why does he knowingly go against the law that Attean taught him?
6. 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?
7. Since Matt has spent time with the Indians, how is he better able to make provisions for the winter?
8. Attean tells Matt that it is the white man who introduced metal traps to the Indians. What does the trap symbolize to Attean?
9. What does Matt do at the end of Chapter 24 that suggests he has adequately prepared for winter?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Sign of the Beaver certainly explores the plight of the native Americans. Yet there is much the reader learns about "the white man" from Attean. What image of the white frontiersmen emerges from this novel? In other words, how does the image of the white man that Attean speaks of compare or contrast to the actual white men (such as Matt, his father, and briefly, Ben) the reader encounters in the story?
Essay Topic 2
The road to friendship is a gradual sometimes--especially when there is mistrust and resentment. How does Matt overcome his mistrust of Attean? How does Attean overcome his resentment of white people?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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