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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?
(a) With the earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
(b) With the money he has saved.
(c) By working in his grandfather's store.
(d) With money he got for his birthday.

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

3. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
(a) He becomes ill.
(b) He falls into the river.
(c) He is stricken by laughter.
(d) He is unable to keep up with the group.

4. Why does Billy decide not to kill the "ghost coon"?
(a) He wants to allow the dogs to kill it.
(b) When the raccoon cries, Billy is sympathetic to its feelings.
(c) His grandfather tells him not to kill it.
(d) He believes killing animals is immoral.

5. Why does Billy's mother punish him in Chapter 7?
(a) For using her good scissors to cut a tin can.
(b) For taking a tin can from the junk pile without permission.
(c) For going hunting without permission.
(d) For leaving to pick up the puppies without telling her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy choose the particular names for the puppies that he does?

2. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?

3. Which of the following words best characterizes Billy's reaction to the Tahlequah townspeople's comments about his appearance?

4. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?

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

(see the answer key)

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