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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 is the name of the dog Sam is training?
(a) Buck.
(b) Duke.
(c) Lion.
(d) Max.

2. What is missing from camp when Ike is 14?
(a) A gun.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Food.
(d) A colt.

3. The day Old Ben is killed started with _______________.
(a) Eggs.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The wild dog is part mastiff and part _____________.

2. How long has the narrator been hunting?

3. What is another reason Ike thinks Sam must be glad his life is almost over?

4. What does Ike do when he becomes lost in the wilderness?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the symbolism of Ike's last trip into the wilderness?

3. How does Sam introduce Lion who comes to be part of the hunting team?

4. What is the setting for this story?

5. What do Ike and McCaslin discuss as they look at their land and what is Ike's opinion of what his grandfather actually purchased when he bought the land?

6. How has Old Ben become an integral part of Ike's life?

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

8. How does Sam react after Old Ben is killed?

9. What city is Ike and Boon's ultimate destination and where do they stop first?

10. What is the final disposition of the camp by Major deSpain?

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