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

2. What does Matt say that he thought of the Indian way of life before he actually visited them?
(a) He thought they were dull.
(b) He thought they were impolite.
(c) He thought they were always hunting.
(d) He thought they were mean.

3. Who goes with Matt to rescue the dog?
(a) Attean
(b) Attean's brother.
(c) Attean's sister.
(d) Saknis.

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

5. How many arrows does Attean use to kill the bear?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Matt and Attean are talking about the animal in the trap, what does Attean say that white men trap for?

2. When Matt daydreams of being a hero to Attean, what does he imagine rescuing Attean from?

3. What does Matt throw at the bear?

4. When Matt hears of the atrocities that take place here in this territory, who does he think of and fear for?

5. When Mat finally makes it outside, he does so by making a kind of tool that is similar to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saknis receive Matt's declining the invitation to go on the hunt with his people?

2. How does the celebration of the bear kill at Attean's village actually work to lessen friction over cultural differences?

3. Since Matt has spent time with the Indians, how is he better able to make provisions for the winter?

4. How do the setting and details that the author uses to describe autumn work to match Matt's mood when he recognizes that his family is past due?

5. 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?

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. After a day of hard play in the Indian village, Matt is physically sore but content. Explain these two apparently contradicting feelings.

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 evidence is there that Matt's relationship with the Indians fulfilled a familial longing?

10. What is the explanation for Attean not eating the bear and how does he seem to feel about this?

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