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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy dog demonstrate his courage in this chapter?
(a) He chases a raccoon
(b) He protects Billy and the girl puppy
(c) He chases a mountain lion
(d) He barks at the cries of a mountain lion

2. Why does Old Dan run up a hollow tree during a hunt?
(a) To chase Little Ann.
(b) To follow the scent of a raccoon.
(c) To chase a raccoon that is in the tree.
(d) To get a better view of the raccoon running away.

3. What does Billy see for the first time in the general store window in Chapter 4?
(a) His puppies.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A double-barreled gun.
(d) A buggy.

4. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?
(a) Billy's dogs attack him.
(b) His brother hits him with the ax.
(c) Billy hits him with the ax when he tries to attack his dogs.
(d) He trips on branch and falls on his ax.

5. Where do Billy and the puppies stop to rest on their journey home from Tahlequah?
(a) In a town outside of the Ozark Mountains.
(b) Alongside the river.
(c) At his grandfather's store.
(d) The abandoned campsite where he found the magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billy characterize the female puppy in Chapter 5?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?

3. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?

4. Which of the following phrases does NOT characterize Little Ann?

5. What does Billy do to try and gain an advantage on his night of hunting in the contest?

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