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

2. How old is Buck in Ike in Chapter 2?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 21.

3. Which of the following does not describe Ike's feelings when he compares himself to the timeless woods?
(a) Humble.
(b) Masterful.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Eager.

4. Many years later, Ike thinks about the incident and realizes that _________ knew what killed the colt.
(a) Major deSpain.
(b) Sam.
(c) General Compson.
(d) Ash.

5. Sam says that Lion does not care for ________________-.
(a) Eating.
(b) Tracking.
(c) Anything.
(d) Hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the narrator been hunting?

2. What is the name of the dog Sam is training?

3. How many strangers show up at the camp to watch the first day of the hunt?

4. What do Ike and Sam agree they need to hunt Old Ben?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lion and Boon kill Old Ben.

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

3. What is the premise of Chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. Describe Lion's death the next day.

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

9. 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?

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

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