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

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

3. Who is the mentor to the narrator?
(a) Sandy Feathers.
(b) Sam Feathers.
(c) Seth Fathers.
(d) Sam Fathers.

4. With what has Ike become familiar during his time as a woodsman?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Indian trackers.
(c) Runaway slaves.
(d) Bear prints.

5. What does Ike see when he looks up from pondering the ground around him?
(a) An Indian tracker.
(b) Old Ben.
(c) A doe.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ike decides to dedicate his life to the wilderness to learn patience and ______________.

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

3. What is the dog's color compared to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for this story?

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

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

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

5. Who is sent for a doctor to tend to Boon and Lion after Old Ben is killed?

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

7. How old is Ike at the beginning of Chapter 2 and what are some of his wilderness accomplishments?

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

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

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

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