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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. When Attean appears with paint on his skin, what does Matt think?

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

3. What does Matt really love to have to add to his fish and make it taste delicious?

4. When Matt walks in the woods, how does he find his way?

5. What emotion does Matt imagine he sees in Attean's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Even though they are husband and wife, why do Saknis's feelings about the white man differ from the feelings of Attean's grandmother?

3. How is Matt's acceptance of the manitou indicative of his growing respect for the Indian culture?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What is the conflict Matt faces when Saknis invites him to come along on the hunt with his people as Attean's brother?

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

10. Why is Matt "delighted" to know that Attean tells the story to his brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Attean does not seem to understand Matt's concept of land ownership and he dismisses treaties that his people had with the white men as worthless. How then does he come to have a different opinion of the markings that tribes put on trees to designate their hunting grounds. How is this concept different from the ownership Matt understands?

Essay Topic 2

Matt and Attean tell each other stories. Explain the importance of their knowing each other's stories and extend this by explaining the importance of people knowing the stories (such as the tales, the fables, the myths) of other cultures.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Attean's explanation of the manitou and Matt's understanding and concern for it a significant turning point in their relationship?

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