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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 does Matt believe that the Indians desire most as treatment from white settlers?
(a) Politeness.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Flour.
(d) Tobacco.

2. What word does Attean use to describe Crusoe when Crusoe goes back to the ship?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Weak.
(c) Strong.
(d) Ignorant.

3. By what name does the stranger introduce himself?
(a) Robert.
(b) Dan.
(c) Ben.
(d) Will.

4. On the morning after his guest spends the night in his cabin, what does Matt discover is missing?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) A fishing pole.
(c) His father's rifle.
(d) His father's pistol.

5. Who assures Matt that the local Indians were not to be feared?
(a) His preacher.
(b) His Indian friends from Massachusetts.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Matt from the bee attack?

2. What is the first sign to Matt that something bad has happened to his cabin while he was gone?

3. What does Matt make for his guest and himself to eat?

4. When Matt asks Attean to show him how to kill a rabbit, what is it that piqued his interest in learning to hunt as Attean?

5. When Matt sees his cabin in shambles, what does he expect is the cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Matt's garden experience prove to be frustrating?

2. Some might say that by heeding his father's advice Matt makes a mistake. How might one blame Matt's father for Matt being duped?

3. Why might Attean be so uninterested in learning to read and write the English language?

4. The first relationship the reader witnesses is the one between Matt and his father. Describe their relationship.

5. How do Saknis and his grandson differ in their opinions of the white man?

6. How does Matt deal with his disappointment in not hitting the red squirrel that he sets out to kill for food?

7. Despite Matt's gun being gone, what is happens in Chapter 4 that suggests that Matt is in good spirits?

8. How is Matt's experience of learning how to make a bow different from the other hunting lessons of Attean so far in the story?

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 Matt reveal in the narration that reveals how sensitive he is to being without a gun?

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