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

2. Where does Lion sleep at night?
(a) In Boon's bed.
(b) In the open, under the stars.
(c) In a cage with the other hunting dogs.
(d) In his own private bedroom.

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

4. While Ike is riding through the woods, what machinery does he hear in the distance?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A chainsaw.
(d) A train.

5. Which of the following animals does the hunter, Major de Spain, mysteriously lose in the night?
(a) A heiffer.
(b) A mare.
(c) A colt.
(d) A calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Old Ben's feet have been mangled by traps set by the hunters?

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

3. How do the Cajun man and the convict split the earnings from their hunting catches?

4. Which of the following characters has a premonition about Sam's death, which he finds deeply disturbing?

5. Which of the following crimes is Ike's grandfather guilty of committing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ike visit with as he rides through the woods one last time?

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

3. How does the convict spend his time during the week he lives with the Cajun man?

4. How do Ike and McCaslin learn the dark truth of their family's history on the plantation?

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

6. What is the legend that surrounds Old Ben?

7. What crime does Ike accuse his grandfather or committing, and what proof does he have of this crime?

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

9. How does Ike live his life after he decides not to accept his inherited land?

10. What is the reaction from the townsfolk when news spreads that both Old Ben and Sam are dead?

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