View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ike believes that his grandfather who bought the land actually bought nothing because ______________________________.
(a) There was an Indian burial ground on it.
(b) It was a battlefield.
(c) The man who sold it never truly owned it.
(d) He never got a deed.

2. Which of the following does Ike not mention when describing the South?
(a) The music.
(b) The cotton industry.
(c) Slavery.
(d) The history of the natives.

3. What is the amount of the legacy?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. Who drives Ike and Boon to the railroad line?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ash.
(c) General Compson.
(d) Major deSpain.

5. How much money does Ike put into a bank account for Fornsiba?
(a) $500.
(b) $100.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $1,000.

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

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

8. For what do the men send Boon to town?
(a) To get fresh horses.
(b) To buy food and coffee.
(c) To get more blankets.
(d) To buy whiskey.

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

10. Who does Ike think is the father of the slave girl's child?
(a) His stepfather.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

11. Ike's father and uncle were __________.
(a) Nothing alike.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Twins.
(d) Best of friends.

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

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

14. Who is sent to get a doctor?
(a) Tennie's Jim.
(b) Boon.
(c) Ike.
(d) Ash.

15. What is Ike's profession at this point in time?
(a) Farming.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Banking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Ike not mention when talking about the future of the South?

2. The family ledger itemizes the purchase of ____________.

3. What does Boon want to buy with a dollar?

4. How did the pony get loose?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample