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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bear's name in THE BEAR?
(a) Smokey.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Old Ben.
(d) Teddy.

2. What does Ike see when he looks up from pondering the ground around him?
(a) The sky.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) An Indian tracker.
(d) A doe.

3. In what month do the men go on their annual trips to hunt Old Ben?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) March.

4. Whose birthdays are celebrated when the men return to camp in the summer?
(a) Ike's.
(b) Sam's.
(c) Major deSpain and General Compson's.
(d) Ash's.

5. Ike takes his new gun and ______________ with him when he goes out to look for Old Ben.
(a) A canteen.
(b) A bedroll.
(c) A compass.
(d) A knapsack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ike think is watching him in the woods?

2. Why does the group return to camp the following summer?

3. The day Old Ben is killed started with _______________.

4. How does Ike learn patience?

5. Who is the mentor to the narrator?

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