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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By dawn of the second morning caught in the trap, what has the female badger accomplished?
(a) She has drug the trap forty feet closer to the den.
(b) She has chewed the trap free from the chain.
(c) She has completely freed herself from the trap.
(d) She has accomplished nothing.

2. Normally the badger is a nocturnal animal. Why was she out during the day she encountered Ben?
(a) She needs a great deal of food to produce milk.
(b) She smells Ben and is curious to find out what he is.
(c) She is unable to sleep because her babies are too loud.
(d) She knows a storm is coming and needs to hunt early.

3. Where does Ben initially try to take shelter from the coming storm after he gets lost?
(a) Cave.
(b) Abandoned barn.
(c) Badger den.
(d) Rock pile.

4. As Chapter Four opens, which of the following reasons does the author NOT say kept the badger from attacking Ben?
(a) She was frightened of him.
(b) He is small.
(c) He is defenseless.
(d) She is stronger than he.

5. While examining his find in Chapter Three, Ben finds himself face to face with what animal?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Deer.
(c) Badger.
(d) Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long after his return does Ben alternate between being human and being badger?

2. Where does the female badger frequently hunt while her babies are nursing?

3. When the other children return home from school, William asks John to continue the search for Ben in which direction?

4. When Ben notices that the badger's foot is bothering her, what does he initially use to clean the wound?

5. What reputation does the neighbor have with the townspeople of Winnipeg?

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