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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boon want to buy with a dollar?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A drink.
(c) A bath.
(d) A knife.

2. At what age can the designated person collect the legacy?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

3. Which of the following does the doctor not do when he arrives in camp?
(a) Sews up Lion's wounds.
(b) Cleans up Boon's wounds.
(c) Gives Ike a rabies shot.
(d) Checks on Sam's condition.

4. Which of the men jumps on Old Ben and stabs him?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Ike.
(c) Ash.
(d) Boon.

5. General Compson describes Ike as _______________ due to his life experiences in the wilderness.
(a) A trapper.
(b) A nature boy.
(c) An old man.
(d) A hero.

6. What is the name of the sawmill with a commissary?
(a) Merritt.
(b) Wichita.
(c) Melton.
(d) Hokes.

7. Who dies at sundown?
(a) Ash.
(b) Boon.
(c) Old Ben.
(d) Lion.

8. Which of the following does not describe Boon?
(a) One quarter Indian.
(b) The mind of a child.
(c) Hair as blonde as straw.
(d) Six feet four inches tall.

9. What does Mr. Semmes give Boon as a bonus with the whiskey order?
(a) A plug of tobacco.
(b) A pistol.
(c) An extra bottle of whiskey.
(d) A keg of beer.

10. Where does Boon stab Old Ben?
(a) In the throat.
(b) In the chest.
(c) In the eye.
(d) In the belly.

11. Sam Fathers learned both pride and ______________ in his life.
(a) Humility.
(b) Honor.
(c) Greed.
(d) Servility.

12. Which of the following does Ike not mention when talking about the future of the South?
(a) The waterways.
(b) The next generation.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) A third race.

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

14. For what are the men waiting in camp?
(a) Warmer weather.
(b) Fresh horses.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There were rumors that the slaves _____________________.

2. The ledger notes a legacy to be given to ________________________.

3. What does Boon hit when he misses while shooting at a black man?

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

5. McCaslin thinks that the men who wrote the Bible were sometimes ____________.

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