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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. How old is the narrator of the story?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

2. Why does Ike throw down his gun during the attack on Old Ben?
(a) To use his bow and arrow.
(b) To run away.
(c) To grab his dog.
(d) To get bullets out of his pocket.

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

4. Which one of the men finds the dead colt?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Sam.
(d) Ike.

5. The following November, who shoots at Old Ben and draws blood?
(a) Ike.
(b) Major deSpain.
(c) Dam.
(d) General Compson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What has Ike killed?

4. In what month do the men go on their annual trips to hunt Old Ben?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Sam's plan for training Lion?

5. What is the reasoning for Sam's training method?

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

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

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

9. What are the circumstances that make Ike and Boon miss the train in Memphis?

10. What unusual behavior did his father and uncle exhibit regarding the family slaves?

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