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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 hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?
(a) Old Dan baying.
(b) The sound of mockingbirds.
(c) The sound of screech owls.
(d) A storm coming.

2. What happens to Old Dan when he follows a raccoon under water during a hunt?
(a) He becomes caught in a beaver dam.
(b) He nearly drowns because he cannot swim well.
(c) He demonstrates his strength and bravery.
(d) He becomes caught in a muskrat den.

3. What impresses the Tahlequah marshal about Billy?
(a) His willingness to work hard to purchase the puppies.
(b) His self-assured attitude.
(c) His willingness to stick up for his puppies.
(d) His interest in hunting.

4. What does Billy do to prevent Old Dan from entering the hollow tree again?
(a) He punishes him for going up the tree.
(b) He moves the dogs to another area of the woods to hunt.
(c) He cuts the tree down.
(d) He plugs the hole with rocks.

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell him that raccoons cannot resist?
(a) Shiny objects.
(b) Food.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Fallen logs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy try to get the dogs to stay at home when he takes hides to his grandfather's store?

2. What problem does Billy face when the dogs finally tree a raccoon?

3. Why does Billy pay the Pritchard boys $2?

4. How does Billy prepare Little Ann for the beauty contest?

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

(see the answer key)

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