The Sign of the Beaver

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(30 Questions)
By Elizabeth George Speare
Comprehension Test

From Mr. Anker Tests

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1. Where did Matt and his father construct the family cabin? *

1 point

in the Maine territory

by the seashore

in the Appalachian mountains

across the Mississippi River

2. What part of the cabin was not included in the original building? *

1 point

a roof

windows with glass

a fireplace

a door

3. Where did Matt run after he was stung by the swarm of bees? *

1 point

to a higher place in the tree

to a cave nearby

back to the cabin

to the river

4. What book did Matt use to teach Attean how to read in English *

1 point

a travel guide

a dictionary

the novel, Treasure Island

the novel, Robinson Crusoe

5. What did the trapper Ben steal from Matt? *

1 point

his rifle

his food

his money

his gold watch

6. What was the name given to the food made from flour and water, cooked by the fire? *

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Johnnycakes

pancakes

biscuits

layer cakes

7. Why did the author mean when she wrote that Jess 'broke out in a cold sweat'? *

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the bee poison left in his body after being stung so many times

the burns he had on his hands from handling hot pots and pans while cooking

the sunburn on his skin from working outside in the cornfield in the middle of the day

the burnt skin inside his mouth after eating soup that was too hot

8. Who broke into the cabin, turned things over and took most of Matt's food? *

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a family of squirrels

a bear

Ben, the fur trapper

Attean

9. Which of these is a word for a device used to assist someone who needs help walking? *

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bridge

crutch

chimney

kettle

10. How long did Matt's father say it would be before he returned to the cabin with Matt's mom, sister, and the new baby? *

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about a week

about a month

about 50 days

half a year

11. In the summer months, how did Matt get water to the corn field? *

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he carried the water in buckets up to the field from the river

he rerouted the river to run by the field

he collected rainwater that ran off the rood

he waited for it to rain

12. What is a hatchet? *

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a pan like a frying pan for cooking food

a tool used to light a fire

a small axe intended to be held with one hand

a metal tube that can be poked into a maple tree to drain out syrup

13. Why did Matt want Attean to come by the cabin every day? *

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he loved being a teacher

he liked having the company

he wanted to tease him

Attean could show him how to shoot a rifle

14. Why was having the rifle stolen such a problem for Matt? *

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he needed it for hunting animals that he could eat

he needed it to scare the birds away from the corn field

he needed it to protect himself from bears

he needed it to protect himself from Indians

15. How did Attean mark his way on the trail so that he could find his way back? *

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he dragged a stick behind him that made a line in the dirt

he bent twigs, piled rocks, and hung moss from a tree

he dropped breadcrumbs on the trail

he made bird and other animal sounds that the animals on the trail could return

16. How did Attean say the fox in the trap would be able to escape? *

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he said that the fox would bite his own leg off

he said the fox would call his family to help him

he said that the Indians in the area would release it

he said that the fox would use its powerful jaws to open the trap

17. What did Attean not like about the story of Robinson Crusoe? *

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he did not like the location of the story so near the beach

he thought the story was boring

he did not like the adventures they had

he did not like the way Robinson Crusoe treated his man Friday like a slave

18. Why did Attean's grandfather want Attean to learn how to read and speak English? *

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because he wanted Attean to attend school with white children

so he could get more money from white men when trading

so he could understand the treaties the white men wanted the Indians to sign

because he wanted to start an Indian school with Attean as the teacher

19. What made Matt feel good about after he and Attean had killed the bear? *

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Attean had said that Matt had moved fast...'like an Indian'

Attean said that he would share the bear meat with Matt

Attean said that he would tell his grandfather how brave he was

that bears would no longer bother Matt since they had killed one

20. What did Attean say to the mother bear after he had killed her? *

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that he did not want to kill it

that he did not want to kill a mother bear with a cub

that they had not come there to hunt

all of the above

21. Which list of words includes example words that Matt used to teach Attean to read? *

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a-apple, b-blue, c-cut, d-danger

a-aim, b-bear, c-camel, d-duck

a-arm, b-bone, c-candle, d-door

a-ashes, b-back, c-cold, d-deal

22. What does the phrase "squaw work" mean? *

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it means work done by the entire tribe of Indians

it means work done by young Indian women

it means work only done by the strongest men in the tribe

it means work done by white settlers

23. When Matt found Attean's dog caught in a steel trap, he sought help in the Indian Village to help him free the dog. Who helped Matt get the dog out? *

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Attean

Attean's grandfather, Saknis

Attean's uncle

Attean's sister

24. What did Matt do to distract the bear that allowed Attean to kill the bear with his arrow and knife? *

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Matt made loud sounds that made the bear turn his head

Matt threw a dead rabbit at the bear's head

Matt ran around in circles to make the bear dizzy

Matt threw a log at the bear's feet

25. Which of these statements is true about Attean's first reaction to the reading of Robinson Crusoe? *

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Attean thought Robinson Crusoe was not as smart as an Indian

Attean thought Robinson Crusoe was smarter than an Indian

Attean thought Robinson Crusoe was not as strong as an Indian

Attean thought Robinson Crusoe was stronger than an Indian

26. What is a snare? *

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a musical instrument

an animal that beaver like to eat

a trap used to catch a small animal

a kind of small tree that grew in the forests in Maine

27. How did Attean catch fish in the river? *

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he used a fishing pole like Matt

he would stand in the shallow water and spear them

he would catch them with his bare hands

he would catch them with a net

28. What did the trapper Ben ask Matt for to help him finish off his meal? *

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tobacco

candy

alcohol

Johnnycake

29. Attean and Saknis both asked Matt to come and live with their people as winter approached. Why did Matt say he couldn't go? *

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he felt he could never live like an Indian

Attean's grandmother hated him

he was still waiting for his family to come

he thought the Indians would all die if they had to leave their village

30. What had happened to Attean's parents? *

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they were killed by white settlers

they died of starvation many years ago

they had been killed by attacking bears

they died from the terrible winter the year after Attean was born

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