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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ike and Sam agree they need to hunt Old Ben?
(a) Better instincts.
(b) The right dog.
(c) A better rifle.
(d) An Indian tracker.

2. Whose birthdays are celebrated when the men return to camp in the summer?
(a) Major deSpain and General Compson's.
(b) Sam's.
(c) Ash's.
(d) Ike's.

3. What does Ike see when he looks up from pondering the ground around him?
(a) The sky.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) An Indian tracker.
(d) A doe.

4. How does Ike learn patience?
(a) By waiting out a snowstorm.
(b) By walking when he wants to run.
(c) By aiming his gun and not shooting.
(d) By waiting in the rain.

5. How long has the narrator been hunting?
(a) All his life.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ike see in his dreams?

2. What does Ike take in place of his gun when he returns to look for Old Ben?

3. Who is the man that kills Old Ben?

4. Why does Sam tell Ike that Old Ben stays away from him?

5. Ike takes his new gun and ______________ with him when he goes out to look for Old Ben.

(see the answer key)

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