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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ben eats the meal the badger has brought him, how else does she attempt to feed him?
(a) She tries to teach him how to fish.
(b) She tries to teach him to dig.
(c) She tries to keep him in the burrow.
(d) She tries to nurse him.

2. With which of Ben's siblings does he NOT have a good relationship?
(a) John.
(b) Beth.
(c) Coral.
(d) William.

3. When Ben is unable to clean the badger's wound well, to what method does Ben next turn?
(a) Licking it.
(b) Wiping it with wet grass.
(c) Gives the badger medicine.
(d) Holding it under water.

4. While examining the mouse skull abandoned by the hawk, Ben discovers what?
(a) An anthill.
(b) An interesting plant.
(c) The mouse's nest.
(d) The mouse's tail.

5. What favor does the new neighbor ask of William MacDonald?
(a) To buy MacDonald's crops.
(b) To trap on MacDonald's land.
(c) To borrow MacDonald's horse.
(d) To hide out at MacDonald's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter Three opens, what has prompted the string of visitors to the MacDonald farm?

2. Who fires a shot at Burton's feet during the scuffle in Chapter Thirteen?

3. Why does the badger decide not to go out and hunt at the end of Chapter Six?

4. As Chapter Seven opens, what are Ben's siblings doing?

5. As William and Esther sit down to lunch in Chapter Nine, where does William suggest Ben is?

(see the answer key)

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