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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. Who promises to not die on the opening day of hunting season in the last chapter?
(a) Spencer.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Howard.
(d) Old Man.

2. What does the Old Man say you have to be crazy to like hunting?
(a) Geese.
(b) Quail.
(c) Duck.
(d) Buck.

3. What does the Old Man tell Bobby to enjoy as it comes in Chapter 26?
(a) Life.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) Health.
(d) Love.

4. What can Bobby hardly stand the anticipation of in November?
(a) Playing with his friends.
(b) Cleaning fish.
(c) Beginning school.
(d) Shooting his first quail.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man tell Bobby that he can never get back in Chapter 26?

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

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

4. What does the Old Man compare his favorite month of hunting to?

5. Who does Bobby see walking down the street with shoulders slumped?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bobby transform his education and embrace school?

2. How do the geese exhibit their cleverness pertaining to hunting according to Bobby?

3. Why does Bobby go to Maryland in Chapter 28?

4. Why does Bobby prefer shooting the geese to the quail?

5. Why is being a duck hunter crazy according to the Old Man?

6. Why do the locals love the period after Labor Day in Chapter 18?

7. Describe the change in terrapin availability mentioned in Chapter 27.

8. How does Bobby respond to the Old Man's question about what he wants to be when he grows up?

9. Describe Bobby's attitude towards school in the beginning of Chapter 22.

10. What does the Old Man say about knowledge in Chapter 22?

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