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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was in the cup that Ike was not allowed to open until he was 21?
(a) Paper clips.
(b) Pennies.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) IOUs.
2. What does Boon want to buy with a dollar?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bath.
(c) A shirt.
(d) A drink.
3. Which organization does Ike mention when talking about the South after the Civil War?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The preachers.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The Reconstructionists.
4. What does Ike's wife do in order to persuade him to move to the family farm?
(a) Sleeps naked.
(b) Cooks his favorite meal.
(c) Lets him smoke in the house.
(d) Bakes him a pie.
5. Ike describes the slaves' inability to _____________ after the Civil War.
(a) Vote.
(b) Read.
(c) Cope.
(d) Find jobs.
6. What has happened to several of the dogs other than Lion on the hunting trips?
(a) They died of old age.
(b) They were attacked by panthers.
(c) They have been killed by Old Ben.
(d) They just ran away and never came back.
7. Sam Fathers learned both pride and ______________ in his life.
(a) Honor.
(b) Greed.
(c) Humility.
(d) Servility.
8. How do the men find Sam when they return to camp?
(a) Dead and wrapped in a bundle.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Shaking with fever.
(d) Coughing with pneumonia.
9. For whom does Boon want to ride to get a doctor after Old Ben is killed?
(a) Ike.
(b) Lion.
(c) Sam.
(d) Himself.
10. Which person from the past do Ike and McCaslin talk about?
(a) Ash.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Sam Fathers.
(d) General Compson.
11. Why does Ike say that black people will endure?
(a) They have nothing to lose.
(b) They are better people than whites.
(c) They have iron clad constitutions.
(d) They have stronger family ties.
12. What does McCaslin do when he arrives in camp?
(a) Asks Boon if he killed Sam.
(b) Eats breakfast.
(c) Empties the shells from Boon's gun.
(d) Takes Boon's gun.
13. Ike and his uncle moved out of their big house and let ___________ move in.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Other relatives.
(c) Squatters.
(d) Strangers.
14. What does Mr. Semmes give Boon as a bonus with the whiskey order?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An extra bottle of whiskey.
(c) A keg of beer.
(d) A plug of tobacco.
15. Who drives Ike and Boon to the railroad line?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Sam.
(d) Ash.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what do the men send Boon to town?
2. According to McCaslin, men fought the Civil War because of their love of the land and ______________.
3. Which of the following does Ike not mention when talking about the future of the South?
4. Which of the following does Ike not mention when describing the South?
5. Why do Boon and Ike miss the first train back?
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