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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drives Ike and Boon to the railroad line?
(a) Ash.
(b) Sam.
(c) Major deSpain.
(d) General Compson.

2. What month is it when Chapter 3 begins?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) June.

3. Who dies at sundown?
(a) Old Ben.
(b) Boon.
(c) Lion.
(d) Ash.

4. Which of the following does Ike not notice about Lion?
(a) Endurance.
(b) Empty eyes.
(c) Courage.
(d) Playfulness.

5. Ike recalls a time when he bought ______________.
(a) A new suit.
(b) A suede hat.
(c) New boots.
(d) A wild pony.

6. According to McCaslin, men fought the Civil War because of their love of the land and ______________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Anger.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Courage.

7. Who is sent to get a doctor?
(a) Ash.
(b) Boon.
(c) Ike.
(d) Tennie's Jim.

8. Which of the following does Ike not mention when describing the South?
(a) The cotton industry.
(b) The music.
(c) The history of the natives.
(d) Slavery.

9. There were rumors that the slaves _____________________.
(a) Fixed up the big house.
(b) Held demonic sacrifices.
(c) Held huge parties in the big house.
(d) Ran wild in the forest at night.

10. What was in the cup that Ike was not allowed to open until he was 21?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Paper clips.
(c) IOUs.
(d) Gold coins.

11. How old is Ike as Chapter 4 begins?
(a) 21.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 18.

12. Ike believes he shares the same ancestry with _______________.
(a) His stepmother
(b) The farm animals.
(c) His no-good cousins.
(d) The slaves.

13. Which of the following does the doctor not do when he arrives in camp?
(a) Checks on Sam's condition.
(b) Sews up Lion's wounds.
(c) Gives Ike a rabies shot.
(d) Cleans up Boon's wounds.

14. Ike describes the slaves' inability to _____________ after the Civil War.
(a) Read.
(b) Find jobs.
(c) Cope.
(d) Vote.

15. McCaslin thinks that the men who wrote the Bible were sometimes ____________.
(a) Confused.
(b) Liars.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ike say that black people will endure?

2. What is the amount of the legacy?

3. For whom does Boon want to ride to get a doctor after Old Ben is killed?

4. Which of the following does not describe Boon?

5. Who is the man who sells the whiskey to Boon and Ike?

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