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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter One, Pages 51 through 125.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy's immediate reaction upon seeing the wolf?
(a) He wants to run away.
(b) He wants to shoot it.
(c) His father told him to come get him.
(d) He wants to pet it.

2. With what does Mr. Parham coat traps?
(a) Lard.
(b) Beeswax.
(c) Honey.
(d) Lamp oil.

3. What does Billy note when he returns to the vaqueros' campsite?
(a) A bedroll.
(b) The wolf had dug in the campfire.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) An old saddle.

4. How does Billy incapacitate the wolf?
(a) He shoots him.
(b) He lassoes him.
(c) He throws a rock at him.
(d) He hits him with a log.

5. Who does Billy encounter later in the day and join for a meal?
(a) Vaqueros.
(b) Bandits.
(c) School friends.
(d) Homesteaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do with the wolf?

2. What do the Parhams do in Mr. Echols' cabin?

3. What does Billy go off alone to do after some instruction from his father?

4. What makes the wolf grow even wilder as Billy holds her?

5. What does Billy wrap the dead wolf in?

(see the answer key)

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