Sign of the Beaver ch.9-12 Quiz

Last updated over 6 years ago

20 questions

Sign of the Beaver ch.9-12 Quiz

Last updated over 6 years ago

20 questions

Question 1

Attean teaches Matt how to hunt without using bullets by...

telling Matt to use a metal fishing hook

telling Matt to use a snare

telling Matt to get honey

telling Matt to grow corn in the garden

Question 2

How does Attean teach Matt to make a snare?

by peeling bark off from a tree

by using his shoelaces

by twisting together root

by salvaging his fishing line

Question 3

Who is Friday?

the captain of Robinson Crusoe's ship

the cannibal savage that tried to eat Robinson Crusoe

Attean's dog

the native that Robinson Crusoe saved

Question 4

How does Attean react when Friday bows down to Robinson Crusoe?

he is angry and says it's better to die than kneel down to a white man

he is happy that the native has a white man for a friend

he is confused as to why the native is a slave

he is sad because he thinks the native should be equal to the white man

Question 5

What does Attean do that makes Matt pleasantly surprised and excited?

Attean offers Matt fresh meat

Attean invites Matt to go fishing

Attean makes Matt a new bow

Attean reads Matt a story

Question 6

Why does Matt get angry at Attean when they are fishing?

Matt is embarrassed and thinks Attean is making fun him failing

Matt thinks that Attean broke his fishing pole

Attean says the fish he caught is too small to eat

Attean tells Matt to use a metal fishing hook

Question 7

What does Attean do when he catches his first fish?

he puts it on the fire

he speaks to it and lets it go

he gives it to Matt

he gives it to his dog

Question 8

What does Matt realize at the end of their fishing trip?

Matt thinks fish are better fried and with salt

Matt is happy to finally have a friend for life

Matt feels that Attean is teaching him many new ways to survive

Matt understands that he doesn't need his father

Question 9

Attean's dog could be described as...

mangy and scarred 

slow and graceful

old and blind

young and fearless

Question 10

10.

What happened to the dog's nose?

it got stung by a porcupine

it got attacked by a bear

it got stuck in a trap

it got bitten by a snake

Question 11

11.

Why does Matt get startled at the beaver dam?

the beaver drops a tree and makes it crash down

the beaver slaps it's tail on the water

there's a mysterious sign carved on the tree

a sound of a rifle booms in the distance

Question 12

12.

Compare Matt and Attean to Robinson Crusoe and Friday

Matt is the leader similar to how Robinson Crusoe is a teacher

Attean is a savage similar to how Robinson Crusoe is a slave

Matt is a slave similar to how Friday is a savage

Attean is a teacher similar to how Robinson Crusoe is the leader

Question 13

13.

What does Attean give Matt to chew on?

honeycomb from the beehive

old molasses candy from his pocket

sap from a tree

dried jerky from rabbit meat

Question 14

14.

Which of the following does Attean NOT teach Matt how to make?

hook

spear

bow

knife

Question 15

15.

What is Attean's first step when you make a good bow?

shave the bark off the wood

cut notches in the wood

grease the wood with oil

select the proper ashwood about three fingers thick

Question 16

16.

What is Attean's second step when you make a good bow?

shave the bark off the wood

cut notches in the wood

grease the wood with oil

select the proper ashwood about three fingers thick

Question 17

17.

What is Attean's third step when you make a good bow?

shave the bark off the wood

cut notches in the wood

grease the wood with oil

select the proper wood about three fingers thick

Question 18

18.

What kind of oil does Matt use to grease his bow?

Bear fat

fish fat

rabbit fat

duck fat

Question 19

19.

What kind of wood does Matt use to make his arrows?

birch branches

birch bark

birch saplings

birch roots

Question 20

20.

In the story, how do Native Americans mark their hunting territory?

they build fences on their property

they set out snares and traps around their property

they have guards keep an eye on their property

they carve signs in the trunks of trees on the property