Sign of the Beaver

What kind of things did Matt and Attean do after the reading lessons? (Choose THREE correct answers.)

• Hang out with Attean's friends

• Teach each other how to play games they enjoyed

• Matt did chores while Attean watched

• Check rabbit snares

• Go fishing

How does Matt's way of fishing differ from Attean's? (Select TWO correct answers)

• Attean catches fish with his bear hands.

• Attean uses a spear.

• Matt uses a pole.

• Matt uses a net.

What does Matt learn from Attean about fishing that makes catching fish easier?

• He learns how to throw a spear.

• He learns you can use any kind of meat to fish with.

• He learns how to use his hands to catch fish.

• He learns how to make a hook and cover it with two worms.

What did Attean sometimes bring with him?

• his grandfather

• his friend

• his dog

• his horse

Choose the best meaning for chinking in this sentence from p7:
"His father had left him the endless task of chinking the logs with clay from the creek bank."

• an annoying sound

• hard work

• a mud floor

• using mud to fill in spaces between logs

What did Attean call "squaw work" and why?

• chores; because the children in his tribe did those jobs

• chores; because the women in his tribe did those jobs

• hunting; because the men in his tribe did that job

• plowing; because the tribe's animals did that job

Where did Matt see the sign of the beaver?

• on a tree in the woods

• in the river

• on a trail

• in Matt's cabin

The sign told everyone who saw it that the beaver lodge belonged to the Beaver people and that no one else should hunt in that area.

• true

• false

How did Attean mark his trails?

• with sticks and stones

• with arrowheads

• He made marks on the trees.

• He knew the woods so well that he didn't need to mark his trail.

When Attean arrives at his first reading lesson with Matt, what does he give Matt?

• a deer

• a fish

• a rabbit

• a squirrel