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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Matt throw at the bear?
2. What is suggested to Matt that will enable him to go on the hunt and not worry his father?
3. Who is Gluskabe?
4. As Matt realizes it is September, what sign of fall does he NOT encounter?
5. When Matt walks in the woods, how does he find his way?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why is Matt "delighted" to know that Attean tells the story to his brothers?
3. What is the explanation for Attean not eating the bear and how does he seem to feel about this?
4. As Matt misses his family and Christmas nears, how do his memories work for him?
5. 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?
6. What is Matt's reaction to Attean's explanation of his grandmother's hatred of white men?
7. What evidence is there that Matt's relationship with the Indians fulfilled a familial longing?
8. How does such a violent act as killing a bear bring Matt and Attean into a relationship that for the first time seems like a friendship?
9. What is the conflict Matt faces when Saknis invites him to come along on the hunt with his people as Attean's brother?
10. How is Matt's acceptance of the manitou indicative of his growing respect for the Indian culture?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the beginning of The Sign of the Beaver when Attean and Matt first meet, they are boys who are the same age and of very different cultures. In terms of their early relationship, that is until Attean becomes a man, compare and contrast these two young men.
Essay Topic 2
The wilderness is the setting of the novel, The Sign of the Beaver. In this novel, the wilderness is more than a backdrop for the action; it is a force. Discuss how the wilderness as it is described various times in the novel has the power to challenge, to motivate, to please, and to frighten characters. Use at least three specific examples from the text to show the role the wilderness plays in this novel.
Essay Topic 3
The Sign of the Beaver certainly explores the plight of the native Americans. Yet there is much the reader learns about "the white man" from Attean. What image of the white frontiersmen emerges from this novel? In other words, how does the image of the white man that Attean speaks of compare or contrast to the actual white men (such as Matt, his father, and briefly, Ben) the reader encounters in the story?
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