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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ike is at his hunting stand-alone, he hears a gunshot and knows that ______________ has been shot.
(a) A rabbit.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) A buck.
(d) A doe.

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

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

5. Which of the following does Ike not recall about his first hunting trip?
(a) Bad food.
(b) Rough sheets.
(c) A snowstorm.
(d) Practicing to aim his gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the men finds the dead colt?

2. What does Ike take in place of his gun when he returns to look for Old Ben?

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

4. What is one of the reasons Ike thinks Sam must be glad his life is almost over?

5. What color eyes does the dog have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ike get irritated with Boon and what memory does the experience bring back for Ike?

2. To what does Ike compare the time he is first allowed to go on the hunts?

3. Describe Boon's relationship with Lion.

4. What does Ike believe to be the story behind the $1,000 legacy?

5. How does the author use foreshadowing to begin Chapter 2?

6. What is more important to Faulkner that chronology in this story?

7. Describe the humorous scene in which Ike finds Boon trying to fix his gun to shoot squirrels.

8. Where does Ike meet Major deSpain for the last time?

9. What did Ike learn about freedom from Old Ben?

10. What is the story about the missing colt during the hunting season when Ike is 14?

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