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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the female badger frequently hunt while her babies are nursing?
(a) The forest away from her den.
(b) The stream by her den.
(c) The MacDonald farm.
(d) Prairie dog town.

2. At the end of Chapter Three, William comments on what behavior from Ben?
(a) He's doesn't stop talking through the meal.
(b) He's rude.
(c) He's quieter than ever.
(d) He's smiling to himself.

3. How much money does Burton say he can make off the male badger's pelt?
(a) Thirty or forty dollars.
(b) Five or six dollars.
(c) Twelve or fifteen dollars.
(d) Eighteen or twenty dollars.

4. In 1806, the North West Company builds on top of what had been Fort Rouge. What is the name of the new fort?
(a) Fort Kearney.
(b) Fort Gibraltar.
(c) Fort Leonard.
(d) Fort Riley.

5. What leads Ben to conclude that the badger was not a dream after his first night in the badger den?
(a) He finds badger fur on his clothes.
(b) He finds her footprints around the den.
(c) The badger is sitting outside waiting for him.
(d) He remembers her presence clearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton says, when the search party is unable to locate Ben, that the boy must have gone where?

2. How does the author say Esther MacDonald reacts to the journey in the prologue?

3. Where does Ben initially try to take shelter from the coming storm after he gets lost?

4. While examining his find in Chapter Three, Ben finds himself face to face with what animal?

5. Where is Burton while the female badger is struggling with the trap?

(see the answer key)

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