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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bear, Pages 185 - 218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose horse breaks away from the pen and charges into Mrs. Littlejohn's house?
(a) Eck's horse.
(b) Snopes' horse.
(c) Ratcliff's horse.
(d) Henry's horse.

2. After leaving the Red Cross boat, what body of water do the convict and the refugee walk along?
(a) The Saint Louis Delta.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Louisiana Bayou.
(d) The Plaster Creek.

3. Who does Ratcliff harass, thinking he knows the truth about the origins of the wild horses?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Armstid.
(c) Eck.
(d) Varner.

4. To whom is the tall convict narrating the story of what happened to him during the weeks he was away from prison?
(a) His mother.
(b) The fat convict.
(c) The warden.
(d) His diary.

5. What sound does the tall convict hear that startles him as he is moving through the camp?
(a) The wind blowing through the trees.
(b) The rocks tumbling down the mountain.
(c) The rushing river.
(d) The silence of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fat convict convicted of stealing?

2. What type of animal does the Cajun man like to hunt?

3. What part of the tall convict is injured when his boat overturns in the water?

4. How does Old Ben react when the young boy falls upon him in the bushes?

5. What do the hunters catch on the boy's first hunting trip into the woods?

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