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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Little Ann do just as Billy is about to move the dogs to a new location in Chapter 8?
(a) She finds the coon's trail again.
(b) She begins barking.
(c) She crosses the river.
(d) She trees a coon.

2. What does Billy's father suggest he do in the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?
(a) Give up and look for another raccoon.
(b) Go home and have some breakfast while Papa continues chopping the tree.
(c) Go home to rest and return later in the day to finish chopping the tree.
(d) Take a nap then resume chopping.

3. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?
(a) She is waiting for Billy to arrive.
(b) She is waiting for Old Dan to arrive.
(c) She is unsure that he is actually in the tree.
(d) She has lost his scent.

4. How does the boy dog demonstrate his courage in this chapter?
(a) He barks at the cries of a mountain lion
(b) He chases a mountain lion
(c) He protects Billy and the girl puppy
(d) He chases a raccoon

5. After Billy's dogs have treed their first raccoon, who arrives later in the day to check on Billy?
(a) His older sister.
(b) Mama.
(c) Billy's grandfather.
(d) Papa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy refuse his father's suggestion of what to do the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?

2. What does Papa instruct Billy to do to his traps once he has caught his first raccoon?

3. What happens to Old Dan when he follows a raccoon under water during a hunt?

4. How many traps does Billy set up near the river in Chapter 7?

5. What happens to Dan when he and the raccoon fight?

(see the answer key)

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