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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which organization does Ike mention when talking about the South after the Civil War?
(a) The preachers.
(b) The politicians.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Reconstructionists.

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

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

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

6. Who is the man who sells the whiskey to Boon and Ike?
(a) Mr. Salisbury.
(b) Mr. Simpson.
(c) Mr. Samuels.
(d) Mr. Semmes.

7. What is an important motif throughout Chapter 4?
(a) Pity.
(b) Debt.
(c) Honor.
(d) Freedom.

8. Which of the following does Sam not do after Old Ben is killed?
(a) Has his eyes wide open.
(b) Mumbles in his native language.
(c) Lies face down in the mud.
(d) Does a native dance.

9. The family ledger itemizes the purchase of ____________.
(a) Horses.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Implements.
(d) Slaves.

10. What has happened to several of the dogs other than Lion on the hunting trips?
(a) They just ran away and never came back.
(b) They died of old age.
(c) They have been killed by Old Ben.
(d) They were attacked by panthers.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a topic in the poem that McCaslin reads?

2. Ike and his uncle moved out of their big house and let ___________ move in.

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

4. How did the pony get loose?

5. What does McCaslin do when he arrives in camp?

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