View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the area that Billy's family lives in when he is young?
(a) It is the best hunting land in the country.
(b) It is isolated and rural.
(c) It is near a river.
(d) It is remote.

2. Why does Billy become concerned when the Tahlequah marshal breaks up the fight?
(a) He thinks the marshal will also hit him.
(b) He is afraid the marshal will put him in jail for fighting.
(c) He is afraid the marshal will confiscate the puppies.
(d) He thinks the marshal will arrest him.

3. What did Billy bring to Tahlequah to carry the puppies home in?
(a) A gunny sack.
(b) A box.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A backpack.

4. Why does Billy apologize to the sycamore tree?
(a) He is ambivalent about hunting.
(b) He believes God destroyed it for him.
(c) He injured it severely by chopping it, yet was unable to chop it down.
(d) He had to destroy it to honor his promise to the dogs.

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

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 Billy notice about the size of the puppies in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Old Dan not want to get into Billy's grandfather's buggy in Chapter 9?

4. How does the group find Old Dan in Chapter 17?

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell him that raccoons cannot resist?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 367 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample