Plot
How does Matt meet Attean?
A: One day Saknis was at Matt's cabin and Attean came along cause they made a treaty.
Q: Why was Matt invited to the feast the first time?
A: He helped Attean kill the bear and Saknis made Attean go to invite him.
Q: “ The wild cranberries he had discovered shining like jewels along the boggy shores of the pond.
A: Simile
Q: Attean teaches Matt how to make a snare.
A: Survival or Friendship
Q:Who made a treaty with Matt?
A:Saknis
Q: How does Matt meet Saknis?
A: Matt wants honey from a bee hive and the bees start to swarm him he runs away and falls into a creek and Saknis finds him and pulls him out of the creek.
Q: When Matt got invited to the feast after they killed the bear. Why was Matt rushed to sleep?
A: His grandmother doesn't like the white men.
Q: “ Matt took the watch in his hand as gently as if it were a bird's egg.”
A:Simile
Q: Saknis gives Matt snowshoes.
A: Survival
Q: Who was the Native that said we can't get the fox out of the trap because it's on Turtle land?
A: Attean
Q: Who stole Matt’s rifle at the start of the story?
A:Ben
Q:What does Attean think of Matt at the start of the story?
A: Attean thinks that Matt cannot be trusted and can't teach him anything.
Q: “The underbrush kept creeping closer.
A: Personification
Q: Matt teaches Attean how to read.
A: Survival or Friendship
Q: Who was the Native that helped Matt get the dog out of the trap?
A:Attean's sister
Q:Who sadly only lived 5 days in the book?
A:James
Q:Toward the end of the story what gets stuck in a trap that Matt can't just let die?
A: Attean’s dog
Q: “ You move quick, like Indian.
A: Simile
Q: When Attean teaches Matt how to make fishing poles and hooks.
A:Friendship or Survival
Q : Which Native pulled Matt out of the water and saved him?
A:Saknis
What caused Matt's family to be so late in getting to Maine?
The family was sick with Typhus and they were delayed by the weather.
The fact that the Native Americans were forced off their land by the white men is an example of what type of conflict?
Person -vs- Society
"The humming grew to a roar, like a great wind" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Personification or Simile
When Attean teaches Matt how to make secret signs in the forest that is an example of which theme?
Survival
Which character said that the Native Americans need to learn to live with the white men?
Saknis