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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Billy's grandfather react when Billy shows him the money he has saved?
(a) He becomes choked up because Billy has been saving for so long.
(b) He is angry that the boy is not giving the money to his family.
(c) He is excited that Billy will finally be able to purchase the puppies.
(d) He is shocked because he didn't believe Billy could do it.

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

4. What does Billy use as a piggy bank?
(a) A jar.
(b) An old baking powder can.
(c) An old soda can.
(d) An old sock.

5. How does Billy first react when he sees the puppies?
(a) He cries with joy.
(b) He scoops them up and kisses them.
(c) He is stunned that they are actually his now.
(d) He is frightened by their size.

6. What does Papa instruct Billy to do to his traps once he has caught his first raccoon?
(a) Take the traps apart and never hunt again.
(b) Move the traps to the house to save for later.
(c) Move his traps to another location.
(d) Take the traps apart and only use the pups to hunt.

7. What does Billy discover about the dogs when he wakes in the morning in Chapter 9?
(a) Little Ann is missing.
(b) The dogs are as tired as he is.
(c) Old Dan is missing.
(d) The dogs are more determined than he is.

8. 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 earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
(d) With the money he has saved.

9. What fear must Billy help the puppies overcome?
(a) A fear of water.
(b) A fear of raccoons.
(c) A fear of dark places.
(d) A fear of trees.

10. 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 pulls the ears of one of the puppies.
(c) The boy tries to steal the puppies.
(d) The boy makes fun of Billy's appearance.

11. What happens to Billy when he tries to join in with the activity the children at the playground in Tahlequah are participating in?
(a) The children laugh at him.
(b) He splatters on to the ground.
(c) He is too frightened to slide down.
(d) He gets caught on the pipe.

12. How many years has it been since the unnamed man in Chapter 1 first met his two dogs?
(a) More than 5 years.
(b) More than 50 years.
(c) More than 25 years.
(d) More than 20 years.

13. What does Old Dan do when Little Ann cuts her paw?
(a) He leaves her to be cared for by Billy's sisters.
(b) He stays with her rather than going hunting alone with Billy.
(c) He fights the animal who hurt Little Ann.
(d) He nurses her back to health.

14. What does the individual who visits Billy in the afternoon after his pups have treed their first raccoon bring him?
(a) Fresh clothes.
(b) A new ax blade.
(c) Lunch and a meal for the dogs.
(d) Water.

15. 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 raccoon.
(b) He has caught a raccoon.
(c) One of the puppies has become injured.
(d) He has been bitten by a snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Old Dan run up a hollow tree during a hunt?

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

3. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?

4. Which of the following is NOT a way that the unnamed man in Chapter 1 helps the dog?

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell Billy he will need to have to finish cutting down the tree?

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