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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is put in charge of ensuring that the tall prisoner makes his way back to the prison and does not escape?
(a) The governor.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The deputy.
(d) No one.

4. How old is the young boy at the opening of the story "The Bear"?
(a) 3 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 9 years old.

5. How old is Ash in relation to Ike?
(a) Ike is older than Ash.
(b) Ash is older than Ike.
(c) Ash and Ike are exactly the same age.
(d) No one knows how old Ash is.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of animal is Boon hunting when Ike falls upon him under the tree?

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

4. Who accuses Boon of killing Sam?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Old Ben killed?

2. How does Ike respond when he learns that he has inherited a large chunk of land from his father's will?

3. Who is Fonsiba, and why does Ike feel the need to track her down?

4. What is the history of race-relations between Blacks and Whites in the South, as Ike understands it?

5. According to Sam, what mistake does the young boy make when he goes out into the woods in search of Old Ben on his own?

6. What is the reaction from the government when the tall convict turns himself in?

7. What happens when Ike runs into Boon one last time in the woods?

8. Who is Lion, and how does he react the first time he comes face-to-face with Old Ben?

9. How does the Cajun man hunt alligators?

10. How do the hunters learn that Old Ben is not an indestructible force of nature?

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