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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bear, Pages 185 - 218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the doctor react when he learns the truth about the convict's past?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is saddened.

2. Which of the following adjectives does Hipps use to describe the temperament of his wild horses?
(a) Wily.
(b) Clever.
(c) Sly.
(d) Tricky.

3. What is the name of the law that prohibits a man from transporting a woman across state lines?
(a) The Marriage Act.
(b) The Freedom Act.
(c) The Chattel Act.
(d) The Mann Act.

4. How long is the sentence that the convict was sentenced to serve?
(a) 75 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 50 years.

5. Why does the tall convict consider escaping prison for the first time in his life?
(a) Because he feels a sense of injustice.
(b) Because he has fallen in love.
(c) Because he feels threatened behind bars.
(d) Because he is bored with prison life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is put in charge of ensuring that the tall prisoner makes his way back to the prison and does not escape?

2. How much money does Henry have to his name at the time he purchases his horse?

3. How many of Old Ben's feet have been mangled by traps set by the hunters?

4. Whose horse breaks away from the pen and charges into Mrs. Littlejohn's house?

5. Which character sarcastically tells the farmers to, "go buy something else that will kill you"?

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