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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. How long does the male badger struggle in the trap before Burton finds him?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two days.

2. In Chapter Five, Burton mentions that badgers are better fighters than all but which animal?
(a) Mink.
(b) Coyote.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Wolverine.

3. How does Esther react when Ben refuses to come inside for dinner after Burton shows them the dead male badger?
(a) She gets angry with him.
(b) She yells and spanks him.
(c) She forces him in the house.
(d) She tells him she'll put a plate aside for him.

4. By the time she gets to her den after escaping the trap, how many of the badger's pups are still alive?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

5. Why does Burton move his trap after the male badger is killed?
(a) He needs to clean the trap.
(b) He has thought of a better place to put the trap.
(c) The badger has left too much scent in the area.
(d) He doubts there is anything else to trap in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from the female's den has Burton laid the trap intended to catch her?

2. Normally the badger is a nocturnal animal. Why was she out during the day she encountered Ben?

3. How much of the female badger's body gets caught in Burton's trap in Chapter Six?

4. How does Ben react when the neighbor's dog charges him?

5. Lord Selkirk, who manages the Hudson Bay Company, brings in settlers from which country to farm the Winnipeg area?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does William hit Ben when Ben tries to stop him from skinning the badger?

2. Describe the badger's appearance at the opening of Chapter Two.

3. In Chapter Five, Burton tells a story of a fight Lobo had when he was a puppy. Describe the fight.

4. Describe the growth of the MacDonald farm in the early years of the settlement.

5. Why is Ben so happy at dinner at the end of Chapter Three?

6. Describe how the female badger escapes from the trap in Chapter Six.

7. Describe how the female badger hunts prairie dogs, and what problem she might encounter in the process.

8. What does Esther suggest in Chapter One as the real reason Ben acts as though he is afraid of his father?

9. Describe Ben's behavior when the family goes inside to dinner and he is left alone with the dead badger's body.

10. Why does the hawk not frighten the badger while she searches for a site for her den?

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