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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many years later, Ike thinks that Sam must have been glad about what?
(a) He killed Old Ben.
(b) He made lots of money.
(c) His life was almost over.
(d) He married a good woman.

2. Which one of the men finds the dead colt?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ike.
(c) General Compson.
(d) Major deSpain.

3. What is the bear's name in THE BEAR?
(a) Bruno.
(b) Smokey.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Old Ben.

4. Which of the following does Ike not recall about his first hunting trip?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) Bad food.
(c) Rough sheets.
(d) Practicing to aim his gun.

5. What do Ike and Sam come across when riding together?
(a) Old Ben's paw mark.
(b) An abandoned mill.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A cabin.

6. Ike feels that Sam is a _____________.
(a) Nuisance.
(b) God.
(c) Prince.
(d) Duke.

7. In what month of the following year does the group return to the camp?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) May.
(d) July.

8. What does Ike do when he becomes lost in the wilderness?
(a) Shouts.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sits on a log.
(d) Goes to sleep.

9. When Ike is at his hunting stand-alone, he hears a gunshot and knows that ______________ has been shot.
(a) A doe.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) A buck.
(d) A rabbit.

10. What does Ike say is present on all the hunting trips?
(a) Grits.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Tobacco.

11. Who shows up at camp to take Ike home?
(a) Buck.
(b) Boon.
(c) Duke.
(d) Buddy.

12. Ike notices that the dogs on the hunt can't find _____________.
(a) The trail.
(b) Food.
(c) Their tails.
(d) Their way home.

13. Which of the following does not go on the narrator's first hunting trip?
(a) Cousin McCaslin.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Edgar MacKenzie.
(d) General Compson.

14. With what has Ike become familiar during his time as a woodsman?
(a) Runaway slaves.
(b) Bear prints.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Indian trackers.

15. Who is the narrator?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Irvin.
(d) Ike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dog doing in Sam's hut?

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

3. Which of the following is not attributed to Old Ben?

4. What color eyes does the dog have?

5. To what does Ike compare his first hunting trip?

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