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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby consider nonsense in Chapter 22?
(a) Faust.
(b) Chaucer.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Spencer.

2. Who is happy after the tourists leave in Chapter 18?
(a) Old Man.
(b) Locals.
(c) Greyson.
(d) Howard.

3. Where do the Old Man and Bobby stop on the way home because these places have special memories for the Old Man?
(a) Pools.
(b) Creeks.
(c) Forests.
(d) Churches.

4. Who has grown up into a man by the end of the novel?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Mr. Howard.
(c) Dick.
(d) Spencer.

5. What is NOT an example of a food/item that has become expensive according to the Old Man?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Canvasback.
(c) Buffalo hump.
(d) Sherry wine.

6. What used to cost five cents apiece and now is very expensive according to the Old Man in Chapter 27?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Goose.
(c) Terrapin.
(d) Duck.

7. What does the Old Man say there is a time and place for in Chapter 25?
(a) Every job.
(b) Every skill.
(c) Every behavior.
(d) Every person.

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

9. What does the Old Man tell Bobby to not anticipate because he will be six months older then in Chapter 25?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) President's Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

10. What is the name of the animal that Bobby tries to train with the Old Man?
(a) Randy.
(b) Billy.
(c) Joey.
(d) Mikey.

11. What does the Old Man say that a person never knows how it will come in handy in the future?
(a) Gear.
(b) Hammers.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Fishing poles.

12. What do the Old Man and Bobby take time to maintain that Bobby likes to play in Chapter 16?
(a) Forests.
(b) Caves.
(c) Cellars.
(d) Treehouses.

13. Whose cooking does Bobby enjoy tremendously over the years?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) Miss Lottie.
(c) Mr. Howard.
(d) Carrie Mae.

14. Who does Bobby see walking down the street with shoulders slumped?
(a) Father.
(b) Old Man.
(c) Howard.
(d) Greyson.

15. What does Bobby confiscate from the bootleggers in Chapter 17?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the animal that the Old Man buys for Bobby cost?

2. In Chapter 25, what does the Old Man say Bobby should teach him about?

3. At what time of the year does Bobby love the way everything smells?

4. What two things does the Old Man find terrible about the kind of hunting he finds crazy?

5. In whose company does Bobby grow up in Chapter 17?

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