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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 do Ike and Sam come across when riding together?
(a) An abandoned mill.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) Old Ben's paw mark.
(d) A cabin.

2. What color eyes does the dog have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Grey.

3. Who shows up at camp to take Ike home?
(a) Boon.
(b) Duke.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Buck.

4. Sam's plan is to alternate feeding and starving the dog until ____________________.
(a) He can trust.
(b) He can track.
(c) He can be trained.
(d) He can be touched.

5. Why does Sam say this dog will be able to hunt Old Ben?
(a) He is tenacious.
(b) He is a trained hunting dog.
(c) He is young.
(d) He cannot be tamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ike killed?

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

3. Who is the mentor to the narrator?

4. What does Ike see in his dreams?

5. Which one of the men finds the dead colt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the train now symbolize?

8. What are the circumstances in which Ike first encounters Old Ben?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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