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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Old Man want the boy to exercise regarding shooting in Chapter 13?
(a) Focus.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Caution.
(d) Speed.

2. What does Bobby show the Old Man when the Old Man asks him what he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A cave.
(b) A treehouse.
(c) A book.
(d) A drawing.

3. What does fishing make easier to do according to the Old Man?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Think.
(d) Fight.

4. In September, what does the Old Man take Bobby fishing for on the weekends?
(a) Spearfish.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Bluefish.
(d) Salmon.

5. What animal does the Old Man get Bobby to practice on before he gets a horse?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Bull.
(c) Goat.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of boat does the Old Man take Bobby on first where the fish flock to the boat?

2. What kinds of characters does Bobby encounter in the fishing cove?

3. What does the Old Man think that they should go to and get out of the women's hair in Chapter 10?

4. Why does Miss Lottie suggest that the men go hunting in Chapter 7?

5. What does the Old Man say that Bobby has learned from sitting in silence in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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