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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the items Billy purchases with his final $10 in Chapter 4?
(a) A bag of candy.
(b) Cloth for his mother and sisters.
(c) Shoes for himself.
(d) Overalls for his father.

2. What is significant about what Billy finds at the campsite?
(a) It contains an ad for hound puppies.
(b) It contains an article about hound puppies.
(c) It is outdated.
(d) It contains valuable hunting tips.

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

4. After purchasing the puppies, who does Billy credit with his good fortune in Chapter 6?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) God.
(d) Himself.

5. Why does Billy run away from home?
(a) To pursue a career as a hunter.
(b) His sisters tease him relentlessly about wanting puppies.
(c) His parents deny him hound puppies for a second time.
(d) To go purchase two hound puppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Billy's family live when he is ten?

2. How did Billy's father discover he had traveled to Tahlequah to pick up the puppies?

3. How does Billy help his father in Chapter 3?

4. What does Billy see for the first time in the general store window in Chapter 4?

5. Where do Billy and the puppies stop to rest on their journey home from Tahlequah?

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