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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 does the Old Man want to explain the difference between to Bobby?
(a) Meditative loafing and laziness.
(b) Rushing and dreaming.
(c) Laziness and sloth.
(d) Meditative loafing and anxiety.

2. In the white church meetings, what kind of dancing occurs?
(a) Square.
(b) Polka.
(c) Contra.
(d) Swing.

3. How old is Bobby when he gets his first gun?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

4. Who does Bobby think interferes with chores when he wants time alone?
(a) Miss Lottie.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

5. What does the Old Man talk to Bobby about as they walk along the wet sea?
(a) Deidra.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Lottie.
(d) Aphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does fishing make easier to do according to the Old Man?

3. What is it important to train a bird dog to be like?

4. How many years had Bobby gone without shooting anyone when he got the gift of a new gun from the Old Man?

5. Where does Bobby find the Old Man sitting with other old men on the dock in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important about the attitude of a bird dog according to the Old Man?

2. Describe how loafing is special and private according to The Old Man.

3. Describe some of the customs that the Old Man and Bobby do in the month of October.

4. Describe what the Old Man says and does about summer time and fishing.

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

6. Describe Bobby.

7. How does Bobby learn to shoot ducks in Chapter 3?

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

9. How do the farmers maintain quail supplies over the fall and winter?

10. How does Bobby train his new dog in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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