The Sign of the Beaver
Why should Matt have not let Ben stay the night?
What are some good reasons for Matt not letting Ben spend the night? How could the rifle help him in the rest of the book?
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Ben is a renegade, a wandering stranger who, seeing Matt was alone, takes advantage of his polite hospitality. Matt offers Ben food but Ben also contrives to fall asleep after their meal, so that Matt is obliged to give him a place to sleep overnight. He repays this generosity by stealing Matt's rifle.
