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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. What is the name of the dog Sam is training?
(a) Duke.
(b) Buck.
(c) Lion.
(d) Max.

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

3. Why does Ike throw down his gun during the attack on Old Ben?
(a) To use his bow and arrow.
(b) To run away.
(c) To get bullets out of his pocket.
(d) To grab his dog.

4. Which of the following does not describe Ike's feelings when he compares himself to the timeless woods?
(a) Masterful.
(b) Eager.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Humble.

5. How does Old Ben elude the hunters?
(a) Going down the river.
(b) Crossing the river.
(c) Going over the falls.
(d) Disappearing into a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe Ike's dog when Ike ambushed Old Ben?

2. How many strangers show up at the camp to watch the first day of the hunt?

3. The wild dog is part mastiff and part _____________.

4. What does Sam have shut in his hut?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What memory of Ash trying to shoot does Ike recall as he walks into the woods?

2. What is the anecdote that Ike recalls about taking the train into the wilderness?

3. Name some important motifs in this story.

4. Describe how Lion and Boon kill Old Ben.

5. To what does Ike compare the earth, Sam and the wilderness?

6. What is the reasoning for Sam's training method?

7. How old is Ike at the beginning of Chapter 2 and what are some of his wilderness accomplishments?

8. Describe Lion.

9. Describe how Ike ambushed Old Ben one day and how it ended?

10. How old is Ike at the beginning of Chapter 4 and what is the setting for the chapter?

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