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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bobby have to do to get the animal the Old Man purchased for him to enter the cow pen?
(a) Bribe it with sugar.
(b) Make it sleepy and carry it in.
(c) Throw it over the fence.
(d) Blind it and push it inside.

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

4. What shooting did Bobby do by intention that he admits?
(a) Geese.
(b) Buck.
(c) Duck.
(d) Quail.

5. As he has gotten older, what does the Old Man think he does not have to do as much?
(a) Try as hard.
(b) Answer the phone.
(c) Cook and clean.
(d) Fight.

6. How much money does the animal that the Old Man buys for Bobby cost?
(a) 10 dollars.
(b) 20 dollars.
(c) 5 dollars.
(d) 12 dollars.

7. What is the message that Bobby says has stuck out all these years in Chapter 25?
(a) Politeness.
(b) Eagerness.
(c) Speed.
(d) Humility.

8. Who learns to stay out of reach until the legal time for hunting them is over?
(a) Geese.
(b) Duck.
(c) Buck.
(d) Quail.

9. What two things does the Old Man find terrible about the kind of hunting he finds crazy?
(a) People and community.
(b) Difficulty and weapons.
(c) Clothing and bugs.
(d) Meat and weather.

10. What does the Old Man compare his favorite month of hunting to?
(a) His phase of life.
(b) His grandchildren.
(c) His approach to meditation.
(d) His desire for food.

11. What do Bobby and the Old Man see looking for its mother?
(a) Deer.
(b) Duck.
(c) Goose.
(d) Squirrel.

12. Where do the Old Man and Bobby pretend they are in Chapter 25?
(a) Pool.
(b) Bar.
(c) Jacuzzi.
(d) Church.

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

14. What kind of character does the Old Man warn Bobby to not be in Chapter 25?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Noble.

15. What does the Old Man think about his own learning process?
(a) He wishes he could share his knowledge.
(b) He has learned everything he needs to know.
(c) He has a lot left in him to learn.
(d) He hates learning and is terrible at it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man tell Bobby to not anticipate because he will be six months older then in Chapter 25?

2. Who is the person/figure that the Old Man describes to Bobby in Chapter 16?

3. What shooting did Bobby do by accident that he admits?

4. What is NOT an example of a food/item that has become expensive according to the Old Man?

5. What can Bobby hardly stand the anticipation of in November?

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