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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the general store owner offer Billy a pair of shoes?
(a) His shoes are torn.
(b) He knows Billy cannot afford new shoes.
(c) His shoes are wet from his walk.
(d) He is barefooted.

2. What does the Tahlequah marshal give Billy before he leaves Tahlequah?
(a) A soda.
(b) A ride to the main road.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) Food.

3. What compromise is Billy willing to make because of his parents' financial difficulties?
(a) He asks for only one hound puppy.
(b) He is willing to take on a part time job.
(c) He agrees to stop asking for the puppies.
(d) He tells his parents he will wait to get the puppies.

4. What prevents Billy's parents from buying him the puppies he wants?
(a) They do not want to have pets.
(b) They are not available in the area they live in.
(c) They cannot afford them.
(d) They do not believe he will take care of them.

5. Why does Billy decide to walk to Tahlequah?
(a) He doesn't have the heart to tell his father about the puppies.
(b) He cannot stand to wait a week to pick up the puppies.
(c) He doesn't want to inconvenience his grandfather.
(d) He wants to inspect the puppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy's father give him to help him cope with not getting hound puppies?

2. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?

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

4. What does Billy observe the boys at the playground in Tahlequah doing that he wants to try for himself?

5. What does Billy notice about the size of the puppies in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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