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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy like to do for fun in Chapter 2?
(a) Track raccoons.
(b) Tease his sisters.
(c) Raise puppies.
(d) Read.

2. How does the dog in Chapter 1 show the unnamed man he is feeling better?
(a) He leaves to walk back home.
(b) He eats a large amount of food.
(c) He licks him.
(d) He makes himself at home in the man's house.

3. What does the Tahlequah schoolboy do that leads Billy to hit him in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy steps on Billy's bare foot with his cowboy boot.
(b) The boy tries to steal the puppies.
(c) The boy makes fun of Billy's appearance.
(d) The boy pulls the ears of one of the puppies.

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

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

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(a) It is outdated.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

7. How many traps does Billy set up near the river in Chapter 7?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 13.

8. Which of the following is NOT a way that the unnamed man in Chapter 1 helps the dog?
(a) He allows him to rest.
(b) He rescues him from the pack of dogs who are attacking him.
(c) He bathes and feeds him.
(d) He takes him to a vet.

9. Why does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 leave his gate open?
(a) To allow other dogs to take refuge in his yard.
(b) To welcome visitors.
(c) To allow the dog to roam freely.
(d) In case the dog returns.

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

11. What does Billy's mother think has happened to him when he comes home yelling after visiting the traps in Chapter 7?
(a) He has been bitten by a snake.
(b) One of the puppies has become injured.
(c) He has been bitten by a raccoon.
(d) He has caught a raccoon.

12. Which of the following phrases does NOT characterize Little Ann?
(a) Mama's helper.
(b) Old Dan's protector.
(c) Sweet and loving.
(d) Extremely intelligent.

13. What does Billy trap in his new hunting traps in Chapter 2?
(a) Several raccoons.
(b) Samie, the pet cat.
(c) A deer.
(d) Himself.

14. Who helps Billy train the puppies?
(a) His youngest sister.
(b) His older sister.
(c) Papa.
(d) Billy's grandfather.

15. What secret does Billy's grandfather keep for him?
(a) His plan to save money to order the hound puppies.
(b) His plan to run away from home to become a hunter.
(c) His hound puppy purchase.
(d) His continued interest in getting two puppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman watching Billy play in the playground in Tahlequah react to what happens to Billy?

2. How does Billy's grandfather help him get the item he needs to train the dogs as trackers?

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

4. Why does the general store owner offer Billy a pair of shoes?

5. What does the individual who visits Billy in the afternoon after his pups have treed their first raccoon bring him?

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