QuizMe

1: Matt helped his father build a house of:

b. sod

c. logs

a. stone

2: Matt's family is coming from:

b. Massachusetts

c. Delaware

a. England

3: "The Sign of the Beaver" takes place in the

b. 1700s

c. 1800s

a. 1600s

4: Pa leaves Matt to:

b. fetch the rest of the family

c. negotiate a treaty with the Indians

a. explore more of the Penobscot territory

5: Before leaving, Pa gives Matt his:

b. almanac and bible

c. watch and rifle

a. fishing pole and compass

6: Matt's first visitor while alone is a/an

b. white man

c. Indian

a. bear

7: Matt knows that he won't starve as long as he has:

b. a fishline

c. matches for a fire

a. a hunting dog

8: Saknis and Attean belong to the:

b. Turtle tribe

c. Porcupine tribe

a. Beaver tribe

9: Together Matt and Attean enjoy reading

b. Tom Jones

c. Robinson Crusoe

a. Hamlet

10: Attean teaches Matt how to:

b. build a canoe

c. trap animals

a. collect honey

11: Indian tribes mark their territories by

b. building fences

c. tying cloth markers on trees and bushes

a. carving pictures on trees

12: Both Matt and Attean tell their people's story of:

b. a great battle

c. an ancient food

a. creation

13: Matt helps Attean kill a bear by:

b. flinging a dead rabbit at it

c. Distracting it with the berries he collected

a. shooting it with his bow

14: At the bear feast in the Indian village, Matt:

b. cooks the bear stew

c. recites a poem

a. dances

15: Attean tells Matt that the reason Attean can't get a gun is because:

b. the Beaver people disapprove of guns

c. he has no money for the gun

a. he is not old enough

16: Marie is Attean's:

b. mother

c. sister

a. grandmother

17: Matt rescues:

b. Attean's grandfather

c. Attean's dog

a. Attean's grandmother

18: In a game in the Indian village, Matt loses his

b. shirt

c. watch

a. knife

19: Saknis and Attean give Matt

b. dried meat for the winter

c. a canoe and paddles

a. snow shoes and the dog

20: Matt's family is delayed by:

b. illness

c. Indian attacks

a. a flood

21: Matt has to guard his family's money while Pa is away.

True

False

22: To track the passing of time, Matt makes a monthly calendar.

True

False

23: After losing is rifle, Matt must rely totally on his neighbors for food for quite some time.

True

False

24: Matt is nursed to health by Attean and Saknis after he is injured while raiding a bee tree.

True

False

25: Attean is eager to learn to read.

True

False

26: Attean brags to Matt about his wonderful dog.

True

False

27: One of Matt's goals is to make Attean his servant

True

False

28: When Matt and Attean find the trapped fox, they set it free.

True

False

29: White trappers pay Beaver people for deer meat.

True

False

30: Matt and Attean disagree about division of work between men and women.

True

False

31: When Matt goes to the Indian village, his is embarrassed by his shabby appearance.

True

False

32: Storytelling is important to Attean's people.

True

False

33: Attean's grandmother hates white people

True

False

34: By the end of the summer, Matt hunts freely on the grounds of any Indian tribe in the area.

True

False

35: To become a man, Attean must spend many days alone in the woods without eating.

True

False

36: Saknis invites Matt to stay in the Indian village until Matt's family returns.

True

False

37: When Matt's family is delayed, Matt panics and sets out to find them.

True

False

38: When Matt's family is delayed, Matt panics and sets out to find them.

True

False

39: Matt keeps his friendship with the Indians a secret from his parents.

True

False

40: Matt considers his sister a crybaby.

True

False

41: Matt's mother is upset Matt has used up so much food.

True

False

42: Matt's mother is upset Matt has used up so much food.

True

False

43: Marie, Attean's sister, helps Matt rescue trapped dog

True

False

44: Sarah Hallowell

hates being a girl

likes being a girl

45: Sarah Hallowell, Matt's sister, hates being a girl

True

False

46: Saknis is not the chief of the Beaver tribe

True

False

47: Attean thinks Matt does women's work

True

False

48: Attean's grandmother refuses to nurse Matt's wounded hand

True

False

49: Matt's Ma pushes to start for Maine even though she is ill

True

False

50: Matt's new baby brother dies before family makes trip to Maine

True

False

51: Pa makes Matt build the family cabin on his own

True

False

52: As a friendly gesture, Matt gives Ben his rifle

True

False