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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After inspecting the tracks, what does General Compson think got the colt?
(a) A human.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A panther.

2. Who is the dog that hunts Old Ben?
(a) Lion.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Leo.
(d) Lucius.

3. What does Sam have shut in his hut?
(a) A dog.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) An Indian.

4. Ike notices that the dogs on the hunt can't find _____________.
(a) The trail.
(b) Food.
(c) Their tails.
(d) Their way home.

5. Sam's plan is to alternate feeding and starving the dog until ____________________.
(a) He can be trained.
(b) He can track.
(c) He can be touched.
(d) He can trust.

6. Which of the following does Boon not do for Lion?
(a) Feed him.
(b) Sleeps with hi.
(c) Cares for him.
(d) Sings to him.

7. Who shows up at camp to take Ike home?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Duke.
(c) Buck.
(d) Boon.

8. What is another reason Ike thinks Sam must be glad his life is almost over?
(a) He had lost an arm in the war.
(b) He was in pain all the time.
(c) He had to be a Negro for seventy years.
(d) He had been a slave all his life.

9. When Ike is at his hunting stand-alone, he hears a gunshot and knows that ______________ has been shot.
(a) A buck.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A doe.
(d) Old Ben.

10. Which of the following does Ike not recall about his first hunting trip?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) Bad food.
(c) Practicing to aim his gun.
(d) Rough sheets.

11. Which one of the men finds the dead colt?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Ike.
(d) Sam.

12. What is one of the reasons Ike thinks Sam must be glad his life is almost over?
(a) He had no more family still alive.
(b) He was sad about the state of the world.
(c) He was just too tired all the time.
(d) He was really sick.

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

14. Why does Ike throw down his gun during the attack on Old Ben?
(a) To use his bow and arrow.
(b) To get bullets out of his pocket.
(c) To grab his dog.
(d) To run away.

15. Ike feels that Sam is a _____________.
(a) Nuisance.
(b) Prince.
(c) God.
(d) Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ike and Sam agree they need to hunt Old Ben?

2. What does Ike see in his dreams?

3. Why does Old Ben run the other bears off?

4. Which of the following does not describe Ike's dog when Ike ambushed Old Ben?

5. What does General Compson say happened to the colt?

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