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

2. What does Mama make out of Billy's first coonskin?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A coat.
(c) A hat.
(d) A rucksack.

3. Where do Billy and the puppies stop to rest on their journey home from Tahlequah?
(a) The abandoned campsite where he found the magazine.
(b) At his grandfather's store.
(c) In a town outside of the Ozark Mountains.
(d) Alongside the river.

4. What reason does Billy's father provide for Billy's inability to catch a raccoon in his new traps?
(a) Billy must wait until his scent dissipates before the raccoons will come.
(b) Billy needs to be patient because raccoons are hard to find.
(c) Billy must wait for a raccoon to stumble upon the trap.
(d) Billy must set up more traps.

5. Why does Billy think the sycamore tree falling is an example of divine intervention?
(a) He has a strong faith in God.
(b) The breeze that blows it down does not affect any other tree in the area.
(c) He has an unnatural ability to continue chopping despite the pain.
(d) He has prayed for assistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billy first react when he sees the puppies?

2. What does Old Dan do when Little Ann cuts her paw?

3. What does Mama do to help alleviate the muscle pain Billy is experiencing in Chapter 9?

4. How does Billy's overwhelming desire for hound puppies affect him physically?

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell Billy he will need to have to finish cutting down the tree?

(see the answer key)

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