THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER BY ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE TEST
By by Elizabeth George Speare
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The of Sign of the Beaver
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Choose the best word to complete each sentence from the list
following each sentence.
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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.
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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.
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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”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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]
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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.
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9. Attean paid a _____ to
Matt by saying that he was quick like an Indian.
Tribute
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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