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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. How old is the narrator of the story?
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

2. What does Ike think of Old Ben when he finally sees him?
(a) He is not as big as he has always imagined.
(b) He is beautiful.
(c) He is cowardly.
(d) He is seriously ugly.

3. Ike feels that Boon is a _______________.
(a) Trustworthy person.
(b) Religious zealot.
(c) Hard worker.
(d) Commoner.

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

5. What does Ike see in his dreams?
(a) A new rifle.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) A pretty girl.
(d) A hunting dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ike notices that the dogs on the hunt can't find _____________.

2. Why does the group return to camp the following summer?

3. The opening line of Chapter 2 is "So he should have hated and feared _____________."

4. How many times is Old Ben spotted that first day of that hunting season?

5. Whose birthdays are celebrated when the men return to camp in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Sam give Ike the next hunting season regarding his gun?

2. What is the doctor's appraisal of Lion, Boon and Sam?

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

4. Who is the bear in THE BEAR?

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

6. What does the train now symbolize?

7. Who is sent for a doctor to tend to Boon and Lion after Old Ben is killed?

8. Describe Boon's relationship with Lion.

9. What is Sam's plan for training Lion?

10. What is the story about the missing colt during the hunting season when Ike is 14?

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