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Elizabeth George Speare

The Sign of the Beaver

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

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Multiple Choice

1. Who steals Matt’s rifle?

A) Attean

B) Ben

C) Saknis

D) Marie

2. Who or what attacks Matt after he loses his rifle?

A) A swarm of bees

B) Ben

C) Attean

D) Attean’s dog

3. What does Matt offer to repay Saknis for saving him?

A) Fish hooks

B) Matt’s rifle

C) Hunting lessons

D) Reading lessons

4. What does Attean offer to replace Matt’s rifle?

A) A new rifle

B) A leg trap

C) A bow and arrows

D) A pocket watch

5. What literary works does Matt read to Attean?

A) Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels

B) Gulliver’s Travels and the Bible

C) Pilgrim’s Progress and Gulliver’s Travels

D) Robinson Crusoe and the Bible

6. What does the sign of the beaver signify?

A) The hunting territory of the Turtle clan

B) The hunting territory of the Beaver clan

C) Territory open to fur traders

D) Territory closed to fur traders

7. What event involving Matt does Attean tell his village?

A) Matt throwing a rabbit at a bear

B) Matt freeing a fox

C) Matt losing his shirt in a betting game

D) Matt getting a black eye during a village game

8. From whom did Marie acquire her European name?

A) An English colonist

B) A fur trader

C) A French priest

D) Her mother

9. Why does Matt build a rocking cradle?

A) Attean is expecting a baby sibling.

B) Marie is expecting a baby.

C) Grandmother is expecting a grandchild.

D) His mother is expecting a baby.

10. Why does Matt’s family arrive months late?

A) They were attacked by Penobscot people.