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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 do Bobby and the Old Man do with some of the turtle's eggs?
(a) Donate them.
(b) Lose them.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Eat them.

2. What does Bobby have to do while the dogs flush out the animal during the hunt in Chapter 6?
(a) Count.
(b) Yell.
(c) Wait.
(d) Shoot.

3. What kind of a hunt does Bobby go on with the Old Man and his friend the morning after they arrive?
(a) Duck.
(b) Goose.
(c) Buck.
(d) Quail.

4. What does Bobby like to do with his friends instead of going to church?
(a) Play dice.
(b) Sleep in.
(c) Fish.
(d) Drink.

5. Who cries after the hunt?
(a) Greyson.
(b) Howard.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Bobby.

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 does the Old Man say that Bobby has to practice in order to use the gun in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. How many animals does Bobby capture with the Indians in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Bobby shoots in Chapter 13.

2. How does the Old Man teach Bobby to have caution in Chapter 13?

3. How does Bobby learn humility in Chapter 10?

4. Describe the difference between laziness and meditative loafing according to The Old Man.

5. Why does Bobby receive a gun from the Old Man as he turns 11?

6. Why does the Old Man discourage Bobby from getting a horse?

7. What happens to Aphrodite and the eggs in Chapter 2?

8. Describe the turtle that Bobby finds with the Old Man.

9. Describe Bobby's experience that is similar to a young colt.

10. Describe the camping trip preparations and arrival in Chapter 5.

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