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

2. What do Bobby and the Old Man like to hunt at night?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Coon.
(d) Badgers.

3. What animal does the Old Man get Bobby to practice on before he gets a horse?
(a) Bull.
(b) Dog.
(c) Goat.
(d) Donkey.

4. Where does Bobby say that he learned everything he knows in Chapter 25?
(a) Old Man.
(b) Father.
(c) School.
(d) Life.

5. After what day do the locals leave the beach in Chapter 18?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Christmas Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man tell Bobby to pay attention to in Chapter 26?

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

3. Where do the Old Man and Bobby pretend they are in Chapter 25?

4. What does the Old Man say you have to be crazy to like hunting?

5. What is the month of March too early to do for according to the Old Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bobby tell the Old Man that he has learned most from him in Chapter 25?

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

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

4. What does the Old Man say about the behavior of women in Chapter 24?

5. What does the Old Man say separates the men from the boys?

6. What does Bobby discover about books and education in Chapter 23?

7. Why does the Old Man love November?

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

9. What is the Old Man's threat about education and hunting and how does Bobby respond to it?

10. How does Bobby discover that quail hunting in February is bountiful?

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