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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 was the mood of the hunting party on the day of the slaughter?
(a) Excited.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Somber.
(d) Angry.

2. How does Cotton die?
(a) He falls onto the electric fence.
(b) He crashes the truck.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He does not die.

3. How far away is the final fence to fully release the buffalo into the wild?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 1/2 a mile.
(c) 7 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

4. Which of the Bedwetters thinks this thought: "Which were the shepherds, and which the sheep?"
(a) Cotton.
(b) Teft.
(c) Lally One.
(d) Goodenow.

5. How do the Bedwetters feel about having to crawl on the catwalks of the buffalo pens?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Excited.
(d) Apathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teft slow the rangers down, giving Cotton time to think about the fence?

2. What are the buffalo fences constructed out of?

3. Where was the alcohol stolen from?

4. How many gates must the Bedwetters open to free the buffalo from their pens?

5. How did Teft perform in school before coming to Box Canyon Boys' Camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Bedwetters' chamber pot at the end of the novel?

2. How does Cotton propose removing the buffalo from the reserve completely?

3. What is the Bedwetters' plan to free the buffalo?

4. Why does Cotton cut his celebration of the buffaloes' freedom short?

5. How did the Bedwetters find themselves present at a buffalo hunting event?

6. What was the general emotion surrounding the crowds that had gathered for the hunt?

7. How did the Bedwetters finally win the Apache buffalo head?

8. Who was the first person to kill a bull buffalo while the Bedwetters watched?

9. What emotions do the Bedwetters exhibit in the final scene of the novel?

10. What is the moral in Teft's story about the piranha?

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