WorksheetsSign of the Beaver Chapters 6-8
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the deal between Matt and Saknis?
a)
Matt would teach Attean how to live like a settler
b)
Saknis would allow Matt to stay with the Beaver tribe until his family returned
c)
Matt would teach Attean how to read like a settler
d)
Saknis would have Attean teach Matt how to manitou
2.
What does Attean bring Matt when he enters the house?
a)
A rabbit
b)
stew
c)
A pair of shoes
d)
his father's rifle
3.
What did Matt offer to Saknis for saving his life?
a)
Matt gave Saknis some extra corn cake
b)
Matt gave him the family's Bible
c)
Matt gave him some silver coins
d)
Matt gave Saknis the book "Robinson Crusoe"
4.
Matt estimates that it will take Attean one _______ to learn his lessons.
a)
one moon
b)
one week
c)
one month
d)
one year
5.
Which word best describes Attean's attitude about taking reading lessons from Matt?
a)
Joking
b)
Excited
c)
Irritated
d)
Depressed
6.
How does Attean respond when he finds out how long it will take him to learn read?
a)
He is excited and jumps for joy
b)
He becomes frustrated and storms out of the cabin
c)
He yells at Matt for showing him to point to his arm each time he says the letter A
d)
He thinks it will take him longer than a year to learn how to read
7.
What new approach did Matt use to teach Attean how to read?
a)
He used Biblical references to explain letters
b)
He used forest terms to explain letters
c)
He reads the book aloud instead of teaching letters
d)
He gives Attean a pencil to write his own letters
8.
Matt teaches Attean to read using what book?
a)
Robinson Crusoe
b)
The Bible
c)
Hamlet
d)
A Tale of Two Cities
9.
What does the word seba mean?
a)
tomorrow
b)
today
c)
yesterday
d)
Sunday
10.
Why did Matt skip the beginning of the story Robinson Crusoe?
a)
Attean said it was boring.
b)
Matt wanted to make it more interesting for Attean.
c)
He thought it would offend Attean.
d)
The beginning wasn't that good.
11.
Matt becomes upset with Attean when Attean states that white man are not as __________ as the Native American
a)
funny
b)
smart
c)
old
d)
witty
12.
Why did Attean think Robinson Crusoe wasn't smart?
a)
Crusoe got caught in a storm.
b)
Crusoe had wrecked his ship.
c)
Crusoe didn’t build a boat to get off the island.
d)
Crusoe couldn’t make the things he needed.
13.
Matt was discouraged to read to a "wooden post" referring to Attean. What did he mean?
a)
Attean could not hear
b)
Attean left firewood for Matt
c)
Matt spent nights alone reading to the walls of the cabin
d)
Attean sat upright listening with no emotion
14.
Why did Attean have bear grease rubbed on him?
a)
To help slip through the forest
b)
to keep flies away
c)
to keep mosquitoes away
d)
Helped keep the human smell from the animals.
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