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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. As winter approaches, what does Matt use to fill in the cracks between the logs in the cabin?
2. As Matt thinks about the time of year, what day does he think most about?
3. What kind of story did Attean's story of Great Spirit make Matt think of?
4. Who does Attean say will come to cut up and clean the bear?
5. For what reason does Matt think Attean returns each day?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the celebration of the bear kill at Attean's village actually work to lessen friction over cultural differences?
2. When Attean comes to say farewell, why does Matt to give Attean his father's watch and not the book?
3. 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?
4. Attean tells Matt that it is the white man who introduced metal traps to the Indians. What does the trap symbolize to Attean?
5. 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?
6. As Matt misses his family and Christmas nears, how do his memories work for him?
7. 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?
8. How is Matt's acceptance of the manitou indicative of his growing respect for the Indian culture?
9. 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?
10. Since Matt has spent time with the Indians, how is he better able to make provisions for the winter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Much of Matt and Attean's time is spent preparing to hunt, talking about hunting, or actually hunting. What is there about hunting that brings out all the aspects of friendship that must be dealt with before actually becoming friends?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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