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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 Billy choose the particular names for the puppies that he does?
(a) He saw them in an old sportsman's magazine.
(b) They are his grandparents' names.
(c) His sisters choose the names.
(d) He sees them carved on a tree at the campsite where he found the sportsman's magazine.

2. How does Billy react to the town of Tahlequah?
(a) He is frightened.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is overwhelmed.
(d) He is excited.

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(c) It is outdated.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

4. Why does Billy become disillusioned with his new hunting traps?
(a) They break easily.
(b) He is unable to catch a raccoon.
(c) He doesn't know how to operate them properly.
(d) They are not appropriate for catching raccoons.

5. How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?
(a) By working in his grandfather's store.
(b) With money he got for his birthday.
(c) With the earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
(d) With the money he has saved.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Billy like to do for fun in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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