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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kinds of ducks can be hard to differentiate according to the Old Man?
(a) Males and females.
(b) Young and old.
(c) Babies and colts.
(d) Sick and healthy.

4. Who is the person/figure that the Old Man describes to Bobby in Chapter 16?
(a) Griffin.
(b) Pan.
(c) Centaur.
(d) Bootlegger.

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

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

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

8. Who wants fresh fish and convinces the Old Man to go fishing?
(a) Mr. Howard.
(b) Bobbie.
(c) Miss Lottie.
(d) Greyson.

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

10. What kinds of stories does the Old Man tell Bobby in Chapter 16?
(a) Mythology.
(b) News.
(c) Nautical.
(d) Realistic.

11. What kind of psychology does the Old Man say that men must use on women?
(a) Reverse.
(b) Straight.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Long.

12. What does the Old Man imitate for the lost animal?
(a) Mother deer.
(b) Mother goose.
(c) Mother duck.
(d) Mother squirrel.

13. At what time of the year does Bobby love the way everything smells?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

14. What does the Old Man first say that he envies Bobby for in Chapter 25?
(a) Being silly.
(b) Being a boy.
(c) Being jobless.
(d) Being carefree.

15. Where does Bobby wait to shoot near a cornfield?
(a) A blind.
(b) A cellar.
(c) A hole.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the overall tone of the book by the ending chapters?

2. After what day do the locals leave the beach in Chapter 18?

3. When Bobby gets his report card one year, what is his family very disappointed to see in Chapter 22?

4. What does Bobby show the Old Man when the Old Man asks him what he wants to be when he grows up?

5. What used to cost five cents apiece and now is very expensive according to the Old Man in Chapter 27?

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