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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ike describes the slaves' inability to _____________ after the Civil War.
(a) Find jobs.
(b) Vote.
(c) Cope.
(d) Read.

2. How old is Ike as Chapter 4 begins?
(a) 29.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

3. What is Boon's greatest vice?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Women.
(d) Cigarettes.

4. How many old bullets do the men find in Old Ben?
(a) 52.
(b) 10.
(c) 23.
(d) 117.

5. To what city do Ike and Boon catch a train?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Asheville.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Memphis.

6. How many strangers have shown up in camp to watch the hunt for Old Ben?
(a) 18.
(b) 24.
(c) 11.
(d) 2.

7. Which person from the past do Ike and McCaslin talk about?
(a) Ash.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Sam Fathers.
(d) General Compson.

8. How did the pony get loose?
(a) Boon let go of the reins.
(b) Boon left the gate open.
(c) Boon let him run wild.
(d) Old Ben broke down the fence.

9. Who is Ike's cousin and partner now?
(a) McClintock.
(b) McMurray.
(c) McCormick.
(d) McCaslin.

10. Who is the young man who shows up at age 21 looking for his inheritance?
(a) Lucas Quartus.
(b) Lucas Quinn.
(c) Luke Quincetera.
(d) Lucas Quintus.

11. Where does Boon's bullet hit the black woman?
(a) The shoulder.
(b) The leg.
(c) The head.
(d) The arm.

12. Ike thinks God wants man to care for the earth and __________________.
(a) Share it.
(b) Harvest it.
(c) Not own it.
(d) Protect it.

13. There were rumors that the slaves _____________________.
(a) Fixed up the big house.
(b) Held huge parties in the big house.
(c) Held demonic sacrifices.
(d) Ran wild in the forest at night.

14. Who was the man who sold the land to grandfather?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Ikkemotubbe.
(c) Iketon.
(d) Isaac.

15. The ledger notes a legacy to be given to ________________________.
(a) The son of an unmarried slave girl.
(b) McCaslin.
(c) Ash.
(d) Ike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man who sells the whiskey to Boon and Ike?

2. In addition to having the ugliest face Ike has ever seen, Boon has no _______________.

3. Who dies at sundown?

4. What has happened to several of the dogs other than Lion on the hunting trips?

5. Ike believes that his grandfather who bought the land actually bought nothing because ______________________________.

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