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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing the young boy brings with him when he goes out, for the second time alone, in search of Old Ben?
(a) A hunting dog.
(b) A compass.
(c) A knife.
(d) A bandanna.

2. How does the young boy feel about Boon?
(a) He does not respect him.
(b) He admires him.
(c) He is afraid of him.
(d) He is entertained by him.

3. Who do the hunters send along with the young boy to the liquor store?
(a) Boon.
(b) Sam.
(c) Major de Spain.
(d) Lion.

4. How does Ike come to own the large chunk of hunting land he lives on with McCaslin?
(a) He is squatting on the land.
(b) He purchased the land.
(c) He was given the land as a gift.
(d) He interited the land.

5. Why does the tall convict consider escaping prison for the first time in his life?
(a) Because he feels threatened behind bars.
(b) Because he feels a sense of injustice.
(c) Because he is bored with prison life.
(d) Because he has fallen in love.

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

7. How many years does the governor decide to add to the tall convict's sentence for attempted escape?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

8. What is Boon doing under the tree when Ike falls upon him?
(a) Skinning an animal.
(b) Crying.
(c) Praying.
(d) Loading his gun.

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

10. Who does Ike believe is the rightful owner of the hunting land that he lives on with McCaslin?
(a) God.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The animals.
(d) The White Man.

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

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

13. Which of the following characters does Ike NOT visit with when he rides through the woods for the last time?
(a) Boon.
(b) Ash.
(c) Sam.
(d) Lion.

14. Which of the following characters is considered to be an alcoholic?
(a) Sam.
(b) The young boy.
(c) Boon.
(d) McCaslin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the Cajun man who lives in the small hut speak?

2. What is Boon's last name?

3. After a boy kills his first deer in the woods, what does the boy traditionally do with that deer's blood?

4. Which of the following weapons is used to kill Old Ben?

5. Which of the following animals does the hunter, Major de Spain, mysteriously lose in the night?

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