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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy become concerned when the Tahlequah marshal breaks up the fight?
(a) He is afraid the marshal will put him in jail for fighting.
(b) He is afraid the marshal will confiscate the puppies.
(c) He thinks the marshal will arrest him.
(d) He thinks the marshal will also hit him.

2. Upon bringing them home, where does Billy intend for the puppies to sleep?
(a) In his bed.
(b) In his sisters' beds.
(c) In the family's yard.
(d) In the doghouse he constructs.

3. Which of the following words best characterizes Billy in Chapter 8?
(a) Focused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Devoted.

4. How does Billy characterize Tahlequah when talking with his father in Chapter 6?
(a) As confusing.
(b) As exciting.
(c) As wonderful.
(d) As unpleasant.

5. What does Billy do to prevent Old Dan from entering the hollow tree again?
(a) He cuts the tree down.
(b) He plugs the hole with rocks.
(c) He punishes him for going up the tree.
(d) He moves the dogs to another area of the woods to hunt.

6. How much is Billy able to earn per coonskin?
(a) Up to $10.
(b) $5.
(c) Up to $100.
(d) Exactly $10.

7. What does the dog's presence in Chapter 1 awaken in the unnamed man?
(a) A long forgotten fondness for animals.
(b) Feelings of loneliness.
(c) Childhood memories of his cats.
(d) Childhood memories of his two dogs.

8. Where will Billy need to pick up his puppies?
(a) At the kennel he ordered them from.
(b) At a depot in Kentucky.
(c) At a depot in Oklahoma.
(d) At his grandfather's store.

9. What prevents Billy's parents from buying him the puppies he wants?
(a) They do not want to have pets.
(b) They cannot afford them.
(c) They are not available in the area they live in.
(d) They do not believe he will take care of them.

10. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?
(a) A gun.
(b) A dog.
(c) Two dogs.
(d) A brother.

11. What does Billy decide to name the puppies?
(a) Daniel and Annabelle.
(b) Boy and Girl.
(c) Dan and Ann.
(d) Billy and Megan.

12. Who does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 notice fighting as he walks home?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Two boys.
(d) A man and a woman.

13. How old is Billy when his first hunting season opens?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

14. What does Billy's mother think has happened to him when he comes home yelling after visiting the traps in Chapter 7?
(a) He has been bitten by a snake.
(b) One of the puppies has become injured.
(c) He has been bitten by a raccoon.
(d) He has caught a raccoon.

15. Based on the unnamed man's actions at the end of Chapter 1, what is likely to be the focus of the Chapter 2?
(a) A flashback to the man's childhood.
(b) The man's search for the redbone hound.
(c) A flashback to the man's marriage.
(d) The man's daily routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama do to help alleviate the muscle pain Billy is experiencing in Chapter 9?

2. What does Billy do with the money he earns from hunting?

3. How does Billy's sister react to his plan to cut down "The Big Tree"?

4. What does Billy use as a piggy bank?

5. What does Billy tell his mother is the reason why he was able to get the puppies?

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