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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is the narrator of the story?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

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

4. How old is the narrator when he goes on his first hunting trip?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 20..
(d) 16.

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

6. What does Ike see in his dreams?
(a) A new rifle.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) A pretty girl.
(d) A hunting dog.

7. The day Old Ben is killed started with _______________.
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Eggs.

8. Which of the following is not attributed to Old Ben?
(a) Has one mangled paw.
(b) Is a legend because of his destruction.
(c) Has sired 36 cubs.
(d) He has a solitary nature.

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

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

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

12. Which of the following does not describe Ike's dog when Ike ambushed Old Ben?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Small.
(c) Attacked Old Ben.
(d) Foolish.

13. Why does the group return to camp the following summer?
(a) To have a memorial for Ash.
(b) To go fishing.
(c) To build a cabin.
(d) To celebrate birthdays.

14. How does Old Ben elude the hunters?
(a) Going down the river.
(b) Crossing the river.
(c) Disappearing into a cave.
(d) Going over the falls.

15. How many strangers show up at the camp to watch the first day of the hunt?
(a) 11.
(b) 25.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ike killed?

2. In what month of the following year does the group return to the camp?

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

4. Many years later, Ike thinks that Sam must have been glad about what?

5. Why does Sam say this dog will be able to hunt Old Ben?

(see the answer keys)

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