THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER BY ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE TEST

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER BY ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE TEST

By by Elizabeth George Speare

The of Sign of the Beaver

Choose the best word to complete each sentence from the list following each sentence.

 

1. The ____________ of Attean's aim when hunting amazed Matt Accuracy Page 46:  Teaching Matt Spear Fishing Here Attean’s Stopped, broke off a sapling and instead of making a fish pole, drew his knife from his pouch and quickly shaved a sharp point, making a spear.   Attean stood motionless   All at once he stopped, darted his spear with one quick stroke, and came up with a glittering fish.  He studied it for a moment.  “Too small,” he decided.  To Matt’s astonishment he spoke to the fish quite solemnly, a few incomprehensible words, then tossed it back into the stream.  In a few moments he had speared another, which he judged large enough to keep.

2. Matt was fascinated with the hunter's ________ dance after the feast.   Boisterous   Page 81:  They formed a long line.  Then began a sound that sent a tingle, half dread and half pleasure, down Matt’s spine.  A lone Indian had leaped to the head of the line, beating a rattle against his palm in an odd stirring rhythm.  He strutted and pranced in ridiculous contortions, for the entire world like a clown in a village fair.

3. Although the arrow seemed thin and ______, it hit its mark.   Fragile   Page 59 & 60:  He Cut straight branch, notched it at either end, and stretched tight a bit of string his father had left.   Arrows he whittled out of slender twigs.  But something was definitely wrong.  His arrows wobbled off in odd directions or flopped on the ground a few feet away.   He was chagrined when next morning Attean came walking out of the woods and surprised him at his practice.   Attean looked at the bow, “Not good wood,” he said at once I get better”

4. Attean looked at Matt with a _______expression after killing the bear.   Sober Page 74: Atteam looked at him solemnest suddenly dissolved in a grin.   Page 75: The Indians did not kill for sport.

5. He separated the saplings into two strands which he ____ together.   Spliced Page 60: He was very exacting about the wood he chose. He searched along the edge of the clearing, testing saplings, bending slender branches, discarding one after another, till he found a dead branch of ash about the thickness of his three fingers.  He Cut a rod almost his own height and handed it to Matt.

6. Once in the distance Matt had seen a ____ Indian.   Solitary Page 9: And he just didn’t like the feeling he had sometimes that someone was watching over him.  He couldn’t prove it.  He could never see anything more than a quick shadow that might be a moving branch.  But he couldn’t shake off the feeling that someone was there

7. In a ____ mood, Attean smiled at Matt and offered him food.   Genial Page 50: A wide grin spread slowly across Attean’s face.  It was the first time Matt had seen him smile.[eating a fish]

8. The canoe glided over the _____ water as Matt and Attean approached the      village.   Placid   Page 77: Drawn up at its edge was a small birch canoe.  Attean motioned him to step into it.  Then he gave a push and leaped nimbly into the stern.  His paddle moved soundlessly.  Grateful to sit still, Matt was entranced by the speed, the silence, the gliding shadows on the silver river.  He was regretful when in a very few strokes they reached the other side.

9. Attean paid a _____ to Matt by saying that he was quick like an Indian. Tribute

10. The bear stood before them its _____ body blocking out the light.   Immense Page 72:  An immense paw reached through the thicket and tumbled the cub over.  The Bear was three times the size of the Cub.

11. Attean sharpened the ______ end of the stick with a rock.   Blunt Page 60:  Matt set to work too hastily “Slow” Attean warned him. “Knife to take off wood too fast.  Indian use stone.   This is abrupt statement by Attean and very frank in letting Matt know he needs to take his time and use the right tool the stone.

12. When Saknis saw that Matt was awake, his ____ face was lighted by a smile.   Stern Page 26: When he saw that Matt was awake , his Stern face was lighted by a wide smile

13. Attean was brought against his will. He seemed to ___ the lessons.   Despise Page 31: Good white boy teach Attean what book say;  Doubtfully, Matt looked from the old man to the boy, who stood silently listening.  His heart sank.  The scorn in the boy’s face hand turned to black anger.   Page 51:  Disliked the lessons

14. Matt tried to ____his clumsy bow and arrow from Attean Conceal Page 60: His arrows wobbled off in odd directions or flopped on the ground a few feet away.  He was chagrined when next morning Attean came walking out of the woods and surprised him at his practice.

15. Saknis was undisturbed by his grandson's _____.   Defiance Page 31:  His grandfather’s stern face did not change.  He was undisturbed by the boy’s defiance.

16. Matt walked ________ back to his cabin after seeing the destruction by the       bear.   Ruefully Page 20: With a sinking heart he realized what had happened.  He remembered the trashing in the underbrush.  It had to be a bear.

17. Matt and Attean learned to _____ each other. Respect Page 115: Matt thought. After all the brave deeds  he had dreamed of to win this boy’s respect, he had gained it at last just by doing nothing, just by staying here and refusing to leave.

18. Attean's grandmother changed her ____ of Matt  when she found out he had            saved the dog.   Opinion Page 99:  My grandmother very surprise white boy go long way for Indian dog  Attean explained She say your welcome.   Page 87 & 88 explains why grandmother hated whites.  Because Atean’s parents were killed by white people.

19. Matt's father was ____ of him when he returned to the cabin   Proud Page 133:  You’ve done a grown man’s job, son,” he said. “I’m right proud of you.”   20. It was hard to be ____ of the hunting. Now whenever he went into the forest, the squirrels and rabbits frisked about boldly.   Deprived: Page 19: It was hard to be Deprived of the hunting   Due to Ben Stealing the Gun his father left behind on page 18

 

 

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