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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the narrator been hunting?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) All his life.
(d) 6 years.

2. What is Ike able to smell in the woods?
(a) Old campfires.
(b) Moldy leaves.
(c) The odor of fear.
(d) Gun smoke.

3. The wild dog is part mastiff and part _____________.
(a) Airedale.
(b) Terrier.
(c) Collie.
(d) Spaniel.

4. What is the name of the dog Sam is training?
(a) Max.
(b) Buck.
(c) Lion.
(d) Duke.

5. The following November, who shoots at Old Ben and draws blood?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Dam.
(c) Ike.
(d) Major deSpain.

6. Who does Ike think is watching him in the woods?
(a) An escaped slave.
(b) An Indian.
(c) God.
(d) Old Ben.

7. Who is the mentor to the narrator?
(a) Seth Fathers.
(b) Sam Fathers.
(c) Sandy Feathers.
(d) Sam Feathers.

8. How much does the dog weigh?
(a) 90 pounds.
(b) 150 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 75 pounds.

9. Which of the following does not go on the narrator's first hunting trip?
(a) Cousin McCaslin.
(b) General Compson.
(c) Edgar MacKenzie.
(d) Major deSpain.

10. Ike feels that Boon is a _______________.
(a) Religious zealot.
(b) Commoner.
(c) Hard worker.
(d) Trustworthy person.

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

12. How many times is Old Ben spotted that first day of that hunting season?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

13. In what month is Old Ben killed?
(a) November.
(b) May.
(c) January.
(d) December.

14. What does Ike take in place of his gun when he returns to look for Old Ben?
(a) A rope.
(b) A stick.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes does the dog have?

2. What does Ike think of Old Ben when he finally sees him?

3. What does Ike say is present on all the hunting trips?

4. What do Ike and Sam come across when riding together?

5. What is the dog doing in Sam's hut?

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