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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 is the next book that Matt has to get his adventures from?
(a) Leaves of Grass.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Swiss Family Robinson.
(d) Around the World in Eighty Days.

2. Seconds before Matt and Attean encounter the bear, what makes Attean first sense danger?
(a) The sound of something moving quickly.
(b) The branches moving.
(c) The sound of a cry.
(d) The sound of something moving slowly.

3. What kind of story did Attean's story of Great Spirit make Matt think of?
(a) A sermon.
(b) A tall tale.
(c) A folk tale.
(d) A psalm.

4. On this day that he has trouble opening the door, what food that his mother makes does Matt miss?
(a) Roast pork.
(b) Roast chicken.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Roast beef.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matt temporarily "lose" in the gambling game he plays with the Indian boys?

3. What word best describes Matt's thoughts as soon as Attean and the fellow visitor leave?

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

5. What does Matt feel as he leaves Attean's grandmother after the day at the village?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Matt and Attean's use of each other's language symbolic of their relationship?

3. 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?

4. Why is it ironic that Matt wonders how the Great Spirit that the Indians worship seem to be like the Indians themselves--i.e. a mighty hunter, very strong?

5. 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?

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

7. How does Matt's reaction to the cleanup being relegated to squaws indicate that he is more accepting of cultural differences?

8. 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?

9. What does Matt do at the end of Chapter 24 that suggests he has adequately prepared for winter?

10. Attean tells Matt that it is the white man who introduced metal traps to the Indians. What does the trap symbolize to Attean?

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