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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What animal does Matt want to be his next target?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A muskrat.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A hedgehog.
2. What is the main source of noise Matt notices in the woods?
(a) Distant gun shots.
(b) Animals.
(c) His own voice.
(d) Indians.
3. How does Attean react to Matt's estimate of how long he will be teaching Attean?
(a) He grabs Matt's hand and begins to Indian wrestle.
(b) He tells Matt he will try, but that Matt has to make lessons faster.
(c) He throws the book Matt.
(d) He knocks the book off the table and runs out of the cabin.
4. What does the stranger ask for that Matt doesn't have?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cider.
(d) Fruit.
5. Who is it that apparently appreciates how fond Matt is of molasses and made sure he had some molasses in the cabin?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.
Short Answer Questions
1. What food supply is kept in a barrel in the cabin?
2. What does the word "seba" mean?
3. What is the one animal that is Matt's goal to shoot?
4. What is one book that Matt has in the cabin?
5. What is the "white stuff" that has spilled?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Matt's remark about shooting squirrels remind the reader that Matt is still a child?
2. Attean, to say the least, is uncooperative in his first reading lesson. Explain his behavior and the feelings behind this behavior.
3. Explain why the reader senses that Matt's rescuer is kind and that Matt is safe.
4. How does Matt intend to deal with his loneliness?
5. Compare or contrast Attean and Matt as students.
6. Explain how Matt's appetite might be considered the impetus for the action of Chapter 5, when he is attacked by bees?
7. What does Matt reveal in the narration that reveals how sensitive he is to being without a gun?
8. Matt wakes in the morning dreading the task of teaching Attean to read. Explain the reason for this dread and whether it is justified.
9. Why might one argue that Matt underestimates the danger the bees could cause him when he is planning to get some honey?
10. What does the last sentence of the chapter mean, "So he was not so quick-witted as he should have been when unexpectedly someone arrived"?
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