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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 do each morning when he returns home from hunting?
(a) Helps his mother with chores.
(b) Goes to work in the fields with his father.
(c) Eats breakfast and goes to bed.
(d) Cares for the dogs' feet.

2. Why does Old Dan run up a hollow tree during a hunt?
(a) To chase Little Ann.
(b) To chase a raccoon that is in the tree.
(c) To get a better view of the raccoon running away.
(d) To follow the scent of a raccoon.

3. What does Billy find at the abandoned campsite?
(a) An old tent.
(b) A sportsman's magazine.
(c) Money.
(d) A hound puppy.

4. What secret does Billy's grandfather keep for him?
(a) His plan to save money to order the hound puppies.
(b) His hound puppy purchase.
(c) His plan to run away from home to become a hunter.
(d) His continued interest in getting two puppies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After purchasing the puppies, who does Billy credit with his good fortune in Chapter 6?

2. How long does it take Billy to catch his first raccoon in the traps?

3. What does Billy use as a piggy bank?

4. Why does Billy feel badly for scolding Little Ann when they return to the sycamore tree in Chapter 9?

5. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?

(see the answer key)

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