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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bobby accompany on missions to chase down bootleggers?
(a) Drill sergeants.
(b) Firemen.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Coast Guard.

2. What is the best month to shoot quail according to the Old Man?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) February.

3. Who does Bobby see walking down the street with shoulders slumped?
(a) Greyson.
(b) Father.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Howard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is it easy to see the ducks according to the Old Man?

2. What does Bobby consider nonsense in Chapter 22?

3. What does the Old Man tell Bobby that he can never get back in Chapter 26?

4. What do the Old Man and Bobby take time to maintain that Bobby likes to play in Chapter 16?

5. Where does the Old Man take a road trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bobby respond to the Old Man's question about what he wants to be when he grows up?

2. What does Bobby feel that he does with regard to time and seasons in Chapter 26?

3. Why does the Old Man resent Bobby in Chapter 26?

4. How does Bobby transform his education and embrace school?

5. How do the geese exhibit their cleverness pertaining to hunting according to Bobby?

6. Why do the locals love the period after Labor Day in Chapter 18?

7. What does the Old Man say separates the men from the boys?

8. What does Bobby discover about books and education in Chapter 23?

9. What does the Old Man complain about being different from how it used to be in Chapter 27?

10. What does Bobby tell the Old Man that he has learned most from him in Chapter 25?

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