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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Little Ann find the "ghost coon" after Billy believes the bet is over?
(a) In a hollowed out tree.
(b) In a hollowed out gatepost.
(c) Down near the river.
(d) In the ghost tree.

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

3. What is significant about what Billy finds at the campsite?
(a) It contains an article about hound puppies.
(b) It contains valuable hunting tips.
(c) It is outdated.
(d) It contains an ad for hound puppies.

4. What do the other hunters tease Billy about when they talk at his grandfather's store?
(a) His obsession with hunting.
(b) That one of his dogs is female.
(c) The size of his dogs.
(d) His age.

5. What does Billy's father give him to help him cope with not getting hound puppies?
(a) A coonskin hat.
(b) Traps.
(c) A collie puppy.
(d) A kitten.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Billy's grandfather suggest in Chapter 9 the boy do to keep the coon in the tree while he goes home to rest?

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

5. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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