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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event helps Mama understand why Billy is determined to cut down "The Big Tree"?
(a) Billy's aching muscles.
(b) Little Ann's return to the tree during the night.
(c) Billy's faith in God.
(d) Old Dan's return to the tree during the night.

2. Why does Billy decide to chop down the tree in Chapter 8 that the dogs have treed their first raccoon in?
(a) He is self assured and confident.
(b) The dogs will not leave the raccoon they have trapped in the tree.
(c) The tree is in the way of the raccoon.
(d) He is desperate to catch his first raccoon.

3. How does Billy react when the women in Tahlequah criticize him while walking through town with his puppies?
(a) He begins crying.
(b) He gets into a fight with the women.
(c) He ignores their comments.
(d) He makes fun of the feathers in their hats.

4. What does Billy decide to name the puppies?
(a) Boy and Girl.
(b) Daniel and Annabelle.
(c) Billy and Megan.
(d) Dan and Ann.

5. What item does Billy need to train the dogs as trackers?
(a) Leashes.
(b) A whistle.
(c) A coon skin.
(d) A raccoon.

6. What does Billy observe the boys at the playground in Tahlequah doing that he wants to try for himself?
(a) Seesawing.
(b) Sliding down a pipe.
(c) Playing ball.
(d) Swinging on the swings.

7. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?
(a) Cares for the dogs' feet.
(b) Goes to work in the fields with his father.
(c) Helps his mother with chores.
(d) Eats breakfast and goes to bed.

8. Where does Billy's family live when he is ten?
(a) In the Ozark Mountains.
(b) In the Appalachian Mountains.
(c) In Texas.
(d) In Idaho.

9. What does Mama do to help alleviate the muscle pain Billy is experiencing in Chapter 9?
(a) Gives him a hot bath and a massage.
(b) Tells him to rest.
(c) Gives him a folk medicine pain reliever.
(d) Gives him aspirin.

10. What happens to Dan when he and the raccoon fight?
(a) His nose is split open.
(b) His paw is cut.
(c) He is fine. The raccoon is injured.
(d) He is bit by the raccoon.

11. How does Billy react to the town of Tahlequah?
(a) He is frightened.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is overwhelmed.
(d) He is excited.

12. What type of dog is being attacked by the other dogs in Chapter 1?
(a) A retriever.
(b) An Irish setter.
(c) A bloodhound.
(d) A redbone hound dog.

13. What problem does Billy face when the dogs finally tree a raccoon?
(a) The raccoon jumps out of the tree.
(b) The tree it is in is the largest in the area.
(c) He is not sure what to do with the dogs while he gets the raccoon out.
(d) He has forgotten his ax.

14. Where will Billy need to pick up his puppies?
(a) At a depot in Kentucky.
(b) At the kennel he ordered them from.
(c) At a depot in Oklahoma.
(d) At his grandfather's store.

15. Why does Billy's grandfather believe the price of coonskins will increase?
(a) Coonskin hats have become popular.
(b) There are less hunters than there were before.
(c) Coonskins are becoming more rare.
(d) Coonskin coats have become popular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do to gather strength when he believes he can no longer chop the tree down?

2. How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?

3. What does Billy's father suggest he do in the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?

4. What does Little Ann do in Chapter 8 that shows Billy she has not fallen for the raccoon's trick?

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

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