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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Billy think the sycamore tree falling is an example of divine intervention?
(a) He has an unnatural ability to continue chopping despite the pain.
(b) He has a strong faith in God.
(c) The breeze that blows it down does not affect any other tree in the area.
(d) He has prayed for assistance.

3. Why does Billy apologize to the sycamore tree?
(a) He injured it severely by chopping it, yet was unable to chop it down.
(b) He had to destroy it to honor his promise to the dogs.
(c) He is ambivalent about hunting.
(d) He believes God destroyed it for him.

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

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

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

7. How does Billy's grandfather help him get the item he needs to train the dogs as trackers?
(a) He teaches Billy how to create a trap using a log, nails and a piece of tin.
(b) He gives Billy hunting traps to use.
(c) He gives Billy one he had from when he was a boy.
(d) He purchases one for Billy from a local hunter.

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

9. Why does Billy try to get the dogs to stay at home when he takes hides to his grandfather's store?
(a) There are other dogs there that try to fight with Old Dan and Little Ann.
(b) The dogs are not allowed inside the store.
(c) The dogs always want treats from the store.
(d) Billy's grandfather does not like dogs.

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

11. Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?
(a) Lend Billy the money to purchase the puppies.
(b) Place the order for the dogs.
(c) Contact the kennel to make sure they are still in business.
(d) Keep Billy's plan to purchase the puppies a secret.

12. Why does Billy become concerned when the Tahlequah marshal breaks up the fight?
(a) He thinks the marshal will also hit him.
(b) He is afraid the marshal will confiscate the puppies.
(c) He thinks the marshal will arrest him.
(d) He is afraid the marshal will put him in jail for fighting.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the items Billy purchases with his final $10 in Chapter 4?

2. What information does Billy's father give him in Chapter 6 about town life that surprises Billy?

3. Based on the unnamed man's actions at the end of Chapter 1, what is likely to be the focus of the Chapter 2?

4. What event helps Mama understand why Billy is determined to cut down "The Big Tree"?

5. How does the boy dog demonstrate his courage in this chapter?

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