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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 does the lost animal do after hearing the Old Man?
(a) Hide.
(b) Growl.
(c) Run away.
(d) Approach him.

2. What do Bobby and the Old Man like to hunt at night?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Coon.
(d) Foxes.

3. Who wants fresh fish and convinces the Old Man to go fishing?
(a) Miss Lottie.
(b) Mr. Howard.
(c) Bobbie.
(d) Greyson.

4. What does the Old Man say you have to be crazy to like hunting?
(a) Duck.
(b) Buck.
(c) Geese.
(d) Quail.

5. When Bobby gets his report card one year, what is his family very disappointed to see in Chapter 22?
(a) Teacher note.
(b) Poor grades.
(c) Faded print.
(d) Yellow marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man believe that he knows about life?

2. To what does Bobby compare waiting in November?

3. Whose house does Bobby admire for its variety of animals in the surrounding environment?

4. What does the Old Man tell Bobby that he can never get back in Chapter 26?

5. What kinds of stories does the Old Man tell Bobby in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Old Man say about the behavior of women in Chapter 24?

2. How does Bobby transform his education and embrace school?

3. What does the Old Man conclude about being a boy by the end of Chapter 26?

4. Describe the change in terrapin availability mentioned in Chapter 27.

5. Describe how the Old Man demonstrates the power of money to Bobby in Chapter 28.

6. Why will Bobby have to steer himself in Chapter 28?

7. What is the Old Man's threat about education and hunting and how does Bobby respond to it?

8. What does the Old Man complain about being different from how it used to be in Chapter 27?

9. What does the Old Man say separates the men from the boys?

10. Why does Bobby hesitate to go to summer camp?

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