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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. Which of the following does not describe Ike's dog when Ike ambushed Old Ben?
(a) Attacked Old Ben.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Small.
(d) Foolish.

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

3. What behavior does the dog exhibit?
(a) Throws himself against the door repeatedly.
(b) Paces all day and night.
(c) Never stops growling.
(d) Chews chair legs.

4. What color eyes does the dog have?
(a) Grey.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Sam say this dog will be able to hunt Old Ben?

3. What do Ike and Sam come across when riding together?

4. When Ike is at his hunting stand-alone, he hears a gunshot and knows that ______________ has been shot.

5. To what does Ike compare his first hunting trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator and what does he share with the reader at the beginning of the book?

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

3. How old is Ike at the beginning of Chapter 4 and what is the setting for the chapter?

4. Describe the mysterious circumstances of Sam's death as discovered by the men who return to camp.

5. How does Ike describe the area of the graves as he leaves the place for the last time?

6. Why are Ike and Boon sent to town and who takes them to the railroad?

7. What is the doctor's appraisal of Lion, Boon and Sam?

8. How does Ike feel that he shared the same ancestry with the family's slaves?

9. How does Ike try to make sense out of the Civil War?

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

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