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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 is the name of the Parhams' other horse?
(a) Keno.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Avalon.
(d) Black Jack.

2. What does Billy learn about his parents when he returns to his home?
(a) They have been murdered.
(b) They moved back east.
(c) His mother is dead and his father is in jail.
(d) They have divorced.

3. What does Billy go off alone to do after some instruction from his father?
(a) Herd the cattle.
(b) Run the traps.
(c) Catch some fish.
(d) Hunt small animals.

4. What does Billy plan to do if he catches the wolf?
(a) Keep her as a pet.
(b) Shoot her.
(c) Set her free.
(d) Collect the bounty.

5. What kind of animal do Billy and his father find in the trap?
(a) Deer.
(b) Raccoon.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy note about his father when he rides out the next day?

2. What do the men do with the wolf?

3. How does Billy incapacitate the wolf?

4. How many dogs attack the wolf at one time?

5. Where do Billy and Boyd find another man with information about the horses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billy provide food and water for the wolf on the trip?

2. What eventually happens to the wolf?

3. What does Billy do with the dead wolf?

4. Cite some examples that point out the relationship between Billy and Boyd.

5. How does Billy manage to survive after he buries the wolf?

6. What does Billy find when he returns home?

7. How does the old Indian foreshadow Billy's life?

8. What role does the dog play in the story and what does it come to symbolize?

9. Describe the process of preparing and setting the traps.

10. What has made the wolf leave her home in Mexico to roam in the United States?

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