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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Ike and McCaslin feel when they are reading the ledgers from the old plantation their family used to own?
(a) They feel ashamed.
(b) They feel proud.
(c) They feel apathetic.
(d) They feel confused.

2. How old is Ike when he moves in with McCaslin?
(a) 41.
(b) 21.
(c) 51.
(d) 31.

3. Where is the fatal wound that strikes down Old Ben?
(a) His heart.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His head.
(d) His back.

4. Who does Ike claim profited greatly from the process of buying and selling land?
(a) White settlers.
(b) African slaves.
(c) Women.
(d) Indian chiefs.

5. According to Ike, which region's notions have come to dominate America as a whole?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

6. What was the name of the war that ended slavery in the South?
(a) World War One.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War Two.

7. What does the doctor claim is the reason for Sam's death?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Old age.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

8. What type of animal is Old Ben?
(a) A fox.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A bear.
(d) A panther.

9. In Ike's opinion, who was most responsible for suppressing Blacks in the South?
(a) The blacks themselves.
(b) The land owners.
(c) The farmers.
(d) The government.

10. What effect does Ike believe the Emancipation Proclamation had on race relations in the South?
(a) Ike does not discuss the Proclamation in his rant about race relations.
(b) He thinks the Proclamation made race relations better.
(c) He thinks the Proclamation had no effect on race relations.
(d) He thinks the Proclamation made race relations worse.

11. What is the young boy's real name?
(a) Donald.
(b) Ike.
(c) Harry.
(d) Earl.

12. What does Ike do for a living now that he has turned down his inheritance?
(a) He is blacksmith.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a bartender.
(d) He is a carpenter.

13. While walking along the water, the convict finds a small hut raised up on what?
(a) Levees.
(b) Stilts.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Bricks.

14. What is Boon's last name?
(a) Hogganbeck.
(b) Fogganmeck.
(c) Mogganfeck.
(d) Bogganheck.

15. In what season of the year does the young boy spend hunting Old Ben?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ike claim has been the curse of the South?

2. What is the reaction from the townsfolk when they hear the news that Old Ben is dead?

3. What was the name of Carothers' favorite slave with whom he fathered a child?

4. In what type of landscape does the Cajun man spend his days hunting?

5. Which of the following characters saves Lion from being scooped up by Old Ben?

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