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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event helps Mama understand why Billy is determined to cut down "The Big Tree"?
(a) Billy's faith in God.
(b) Old Dan's return to the tree during the night.
(c) Billy's aching muscles.
(d) Little Ann's return to the tree during the night.

2. What happens to Dan when he and the raccoon fight?
(a) His paw is cut.
(b) He is fine. The raccoon is injured.
(c) His nose is split open.
(d) He is bit by the raccoon.

3. Why does Billy feel badly for scolding Little Ann when they return to the sycamore tree in Chapter 9?
(a) She looks sad and despondent.
(b) She is the more sensitive of the two dogs.
(c) He realizes she is responsible for finding the coon.
(d) He sees that she also returned to the tree during the night.

4. What does Billy use as a piggy bank?
(a) A jar.
(b) An old sock.
(c) An old soda can.
(d) An old baking powder can.

5. What does the Tahlequah schoolboy do that leads Billy to hit him in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy pulls the ears of one of the puppies.
(b) The boy makes fun of Billy's appearance.
(c) The boy steps on Billy's bare foot with his cowboy boot.
(d) The boy tries to steal the puppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses the Tahlequah marshal about Billy?

2. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?

3. What did Billy bring to Tahlequah to carry the puppies home in?

4. What does Billy find at the abandoned campsite?

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell Billy he will need to have to finish cutting down the tree?

(see the answer key)

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