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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. Where does Major deSpain want to make Lion sleep?
(a) In a hut.
(b) With the other dogs.
(c) Chained up to a tree.
(d) In a wagon.

2. Which of the following does Boon not do for Lion?
(a) Sings to him.
(b) Cares for him.
(c) Feed him.
(d) Sleeps with hi.

3. In what month is Old Ben killed?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) January.

4. Whose birthdays are celebrated when the men return to camp in the summer?
(a) Ash's.
(b) Sam's.
(c) Ike's.
(d) Major deSpain and General Compson's.

5. Why does the group return to camp the following summer?
(a) To celebrate birthdays.
(b) To have a memorial for Ash.
(c) To go fishing.
(d) To build a cabin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ike say is present on all the hunting trips?

3. How old is the narrator when he goes on his first hunting trip?

4. The day Old Ben is killed started with _______________.

5. What does General Compson say happened to the colt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Ike finds in the area with the two graves.

3. What advice does Sam give Ike the next hunting season regarding his gun?

4. How does Ike describe his feelings of being in the power of the wilderness?

5. How does the author use a flashback to reveal information through the narrator?

6. Why does Sam think Lion will be perfect to hunt Old Ben?

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

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

9. What is the anecdote that Ike recalls about taking the train into the wilderness?

10. What does Ike mean when he says there is no death?

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