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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 has Bobby grown attached to by the end of the novel?
(a) Miss Lottie.
(b) Mr. Howard.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) Miss Carrie Mae.

2. What does the Old Man feel is approaching in Chapter 26?
(a) War.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Death.

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

4. What does Bobby ask for as his gift at Christmas?
(a) Bicycle helmet.
(b) Canterbury Tales.
(c) Shotgun shells.
(d) Coloring supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bobby and the Old Man see looking for its mother?

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

3. Whose house does Bobby admire for its variety of animals in the surrounding environment?

4. To what does Bobby compare waiting in November?

5. What factor prevents hunting some birds according to the Old Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the Old Man make an exception among ducks?

5. Why does the Old Man love November?

6. Why will Bobby have to steer himself in Chapter 28?

7. Why does Bobby hesitate to go to summer camp?

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

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

10. Describe how the Old Man demonstrates the power of money to Bobby in Chapter 28.

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