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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Matt is alone and feeling lonely, what does Matt imagine might have happened to his father?
(a) He might have encountered bad weather.
(b) He might have been slowed down because of travelling with his wife and another child.
(c) He might have met up with a bear.
(d) He might have difficulty with the Indians.

2. What does Attean do as he leaves Matt at the cabin in Chapter 21?
(a) He just walks out.
(b) He gives him a small gift in a leather pouch.
(c) He hugs Matt and calls him his brother.
(d) He extends his hand to shake hands.

3. What is one of the food preparations that Matt learns from the Indian women?
(a) Making stew from deer.
(b) Making corn chowder.
(c) Baking corn muffins.
(d) Drying berries.

4. Before Attean leaves Matt, what gift does Attean give Matt?
(a) A bear fur rug.
(b) His dog.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A finely made bow and quiver of arrows.

5. For what reason does Matt think Attean returns each day?
(a) Attean's grandfather sent him.
(b) Attean enjoyed making Matt look foolish.
(c) Attean was lonely.
(d) Attean enjoyed teaching Matt.

6. If Attean does not come back to the village having completed his tasks successfully, how will his village view him?
(a) As an unskilled hunter.
(b) As a boy.
(c) As a failure.
(d) As a coward.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 24, Mat gazes up to the sky and talks to the dog. What does he talk about?
(a) Attean.
(b) The coming snow.
(c) The scarcity of meat.
(d) His loneliness.

8. What word best describes Matt's thoughts as soon as Attean and the fellow visitor leave?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Anger.

9. When Attean tells Matt of the hardships his people faced, what is the reason he says that white men kill Indian people for?
(a) Their scalps.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Their possessions.
(d) Revenge.

10. What does Matt wish Attean had given him to show his father upon his return?
(a) A bear claw.
(b) A bear's tooth.
(c) A piece of bear skin.
(d) A bear ear.

11. What does Matt throw at the bear?
(a) An animal.
(b) An arrow head.
(c) A rock.
(d) His stick.

12. When Attean appears with paint on his skin, what does Matt think?
(a) He thinks Attean is painted to scare Matt.
(b) He thinks Attean is painted for a celebration.
(c) He thinks Attean is painted for war.
(d) He thinks Attean has gone mad.

13. As winter approaches, what does Matt cut and dry that he thinks would be good for pie making?
(a) Corn,
(b) Apples.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Plums.

14. When Matt and Attean are talking about the animal in the trap, what does Attean say that white men trap for?
(a) Animal skeletons.
(b) Animal meat.
(c) The total animal.
(d) Animal skin.

15. When Matt first learns that he is invited to the Indian village after the dog rescue, why does he think he is invited?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Questioning.
(c) Cooking Lessons.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Matt thinks about the time of year, what day does he think most about?

2. What is suggested to Matt that will enable him to go on the hunt and not worry his father?

3. When Attean visits Matt after his manitou, who accompanies him?

4. As Matt realizes it is September, what sign of fall does he NOT encounter?

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

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