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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy become disillusioned with his new hunting traps?
(a) They are not appropriate for catching raccoons.
(b) He is unable to catch a raccoon.
(c) He doesn't know how to operate them properly.
(d) They break easily.

2. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?
(a) Injuries to his dogs.
(b) The flu.
(c) A snow blizzard.
(d) The end of the hunting season.

3. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is visiting his grandfather.
(b) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.
(c) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(d) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.

4. Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?
(a) Place the order for the dogs.
(b) Lend Billy the money to purchase the puppies.
(c) Contact the kennel to make sure they are still in business.
(d) Keep Billy's plan to purchase the puppies a secret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?

2. Why does Billy decide to chop down the tree in Chapter 8 that the dogs have treed their first raccoon in?

3. What do the other hunters tease Billy about when they talk at his grandfather's store?

4. What prevents Billy's parents from buying him the puppies he wants?

5. Which of the following is NOT a realization Billy comes to upon returning home with the puppies?

(see the answer key)

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