View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy's mother punish him in Chapter 7?
(a) For taking a tin can from the junk pile without permission.
(b) For leaving to pick up the puppies without telling her.
(c) For using her good scissors to cut a tin can.
(d) For going hunting without permission.

2. What does Billy find at the abandoned campsite?
(a) An old tent.
(b) Money.
(c) A hound puppy.
(d) A sportsman's magazine.

3. Why does Billy apologize to the sycamore tree?
(a) He is ambivalent about hunting.
(b) He believes God destroyed it for him.
(c) He had to destroy it to honor his promise to the dogs.
(d) He injured it severely by chopping it, yet was unable to chop it down.

4. Whose bragging helps build Billy's reputation as a hunter?
(a) His father's.
(b) His own.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His grandfather's.

5. What does Billy do to gather strength when he believes he can no longer chop the tree down?
(a) He looks at the faces of his two dogs.
(b) He rests and eats a hot meal.
(c) He prays to God for strength.
(d) He asks his father for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Billy's grandfather keep for him?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?

3. What challenge do the Pritchard boys pose for Billy and the dogs?

4. Which of the following is NOT a way Billy earns money for the puppies?

5. What impresses the Tahlequah marshal about Billy?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 367 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample