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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the convict and the Cajun man communicate?
(a) The pair do not communicate.
(b) Through words.
(c) Through drawings.
(d) Through gestures.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Ike's marriage?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Loving.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Cold.

3. In what type of surface is Sam found lying face-down, unconscious after the battle with Old Ben?
(a) Gravel.
(b) Mud.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Water.

4. How much money does Ike want to give to Fonsiba when he finds her?
(a) $100.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $10.
(d) $1,000.

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

6. At the time when most Americans settled their land, from where did they transport most of their slaves?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

7. How do the Cajun man and the convict split the earnings from their hunting catches?
(a) 60/40.
(b) 50/50.
(c) 80/20.
(d) 70/30.

8. Which of the following crimes is Ike's grandfather guilty of committing?
(a) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Incest.
(d) Blasphemy.

9. 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.

10. In what type of landscape does the Cajun man spend his days hunting?
(a) In the lakes.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In the swamps.
(d) In the woods.

11. What governmental rank does the man have whom the tall convict finally turns himself into?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Baliff.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Deputy.

12. Which of the following objects will Old Ben allegedly never cross paths with?
(a) A cross.
(b) A feather.
(c) A gun.
(d) A pure heart.

13. Whose job is it to bury the body of Old Ben?
(a) Major de Spain.
(b) The bear's body is not buried.
(c) McCalsin.
(d) The young boy.

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

15. 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 bandanna.
(c) A compass.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lion sleep at night?

2. How old is the young boy at the opening of the story "The Bear"?

3. What does Ike do for a living now that he has turned down his inheritance?

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

5. Who finally sells the land on which the hunting camp is located?

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