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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the individual who visits Billy in the afternoon after his pups have treed their first raccoon bring him?
(a) Fresh clothes.
(b) Water.
(c) Lunch and a meal for the dogs.
(d) A new ax blade.

2. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?
(a) Cares for the dogs' feet.
(b) Helps his mother with chores.
(c) Goes to work in the fields with his father.
(d) Eats breakfast and goes to bed.

3. After Billy's dogs have treed their first raccoon, who arrives later in the day to check on Billy?
(a) Mama.
(b) Billy's grandfather.
(c) His older sister.
(d) Papa.

4. How many raccoons do Billy and the dogs catch during the hunting contest?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. What problem does Billy face when the dogs finally tree a raccoon?
(a) The raccoon jumps out of the tree.
(b) He is not sure what to do with the dogs while he gets the raccoon out.
(c) The tree it is in is the largest in the area.
(d) He has forgotten his ax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other hunters tease Billy about when they talk at his grandfather's store?

2. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?

3. How does Billy first react when he sees the puppies?

4. How does Billy help his father in Chapter 3?

5. What does Billy use to make collars for the puppies?

(see the answer key)

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