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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Old Man, Pages 77 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the sentence that the convict was sentenced to serve?
(a) 75 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 100 years.

2. How do the farmers describe the process of wrangling their horses after the auction to take them home?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Boring.
(c) Unpleasant.
(d) Exciting.

3. Which of the following characters states that, "If a man can't take care of himself in a trade, he can't blame the man that trims him"?
(a) Varner.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Ratcliff.
(d) Hipps.

4. Who was the fat convict most concerned with avoiding during his trial period?
(a) His victims.
(b) His accomplices.
(c) His lawyers.
(d) His family.

5. What was the fat convict convicted of stealing?
(a) A painting.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A car.
(d) A wallet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Snopes men is constantly compared to an animal?

2. Where do the wild horses cut Hipp during a fight?

3. Which character sarcastically tells the farmers to, "go buy something else that will kill you"?

4. How much money does Henry have to his name at the time he purchases his horse?

5. Who does Snopes say has Henry's wife money, which is why he cannot return it to her?

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