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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby begin to notice a lot during the hunting trips?
(a) Colors.
(b) Smells.
(c) Creatures.
(d) Music.

2. Whose cooking does Bobby enjoy tremendously over the years?
(a) Miss Lottie.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) Carrie Mae.
(d) Mr. Howard.

3. After what day do the locals leave the beach in Chapter 18?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

4. What does the Old Man think that he has learned to do at last?
(a) Pace himself.
(b) Forgive himself.
(c) Answer himself.
(d) Teach himself.

5. What can Bobby hardly stand the anticipation of in November?
(a) Shooting his first quail.
(b) Beginning school.
(c) Playing with his friends.
(d) Cleaning fish.

6. What does the Old Man say there is a time and place for?
(a) Every person.
(b) Every job.
(c) Every skill.
(d) Every behavior.

7. Why is the quail easier to shoot at some times of the year according to the Old Man?
(a) They stay in one place.
(b) They are exposed.
(c) They are hibernating.
(d) They are plentiful.

8. Who has grown up into a man by the end of the novel?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Spencer.
(c) Dick.
(d) Mr. Howard.

9. What area is left for fishing after the tourists leave in Chapter 17?
(a) Tide pools.
(b) Reefs.
(c) Whole beach.
(d) Marshes.

10. To what does Bobby compare waiting in November?
(a) Waiting for Christmas.
(b) Waiting for his first bicycle.
(c) Waiting for break.
(d) Waiting for school.

11. What is the name of the animal that Bobby tries to train with the Old Man?
(a) Billy.
(b) Randy.
(c) Joey.
(d) Mikey.

12. How much money does the animal that the Old Man buys for Bobby cost?
(a) 5 dollars.
(b) 12 dollars.
(c) 20 dollars.
(d) 10 dollars.

13. What does the Old Man imitate for the lost animal?
(a) Mother deer.
(b) Mother squirrel.
(c) Mother duck.
(d) Mother goose.

14. Who wants fresh fish and convinces the Old Man to go fishing?
(a) Greyson.
(b) Mr. Howard.
(c) Miss Lottie.
(d) Bobbie.

15. Who learns to stay out of reach until the legal time for hunting them is over?
(a) Quail.
(b) Buck.
(c) Duck.
(d) Geese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does the Old Man find terrible about the kind of hunting he finds crazy?

2. What does Bobby find that he receives more of when he goes quail hunting with the Old Man in Chapter 20?

3. What does Bobby show the Old Man when the Old Man asks him what he wants to be when he grows up?

4. How is a man different from a boy according to the Old Man?

5. Who does Bobby see walking down the street with shoulders slumped?

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