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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) Little Ann's return to the tree during the night.
(b) Billy's faith in God.
(c) Old Dan's return to the tree during the night.
(d) Billy's aching muscles.

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

3. What reason does Billy's father provide for Billy's inability to catch a raccoon in his new traps?
(a) Billy must wait for a raccoon to stumble upon the trap.
(b) Billy must set up more traps.
(c) Billy needs to be patient because raccoons are hard to find.
(d) Billy must wait until his scent dissipates before the raccoons will come.

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

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

6. Why does Billy run away from home?
(a) To pursue a career as a hunter.
(b) To go purchase two hound puppies.
(c) His sisters tease him relentlessly about wanting puppies.
(d) His parents deny him hound puppies for a second time.

7. Why do the children at the playground in Tahlequah make fun of Billy?
(a) His hair needs to be cut.
(b) They say he looks like a hillbilly because he is not wearing shoes.
(c) They can tell he lives in another state.
(d) He is not attending school.

8. What does Billy do to prevent Old Dan from entering the hollow tree again?
(a) He punishes him for going up the tree.
(b) He moves the dogs to another area of the woods to hunt.
(c) He cuts the tree down.
(d) He plugs the hole with rocks.

9. What does Billy's father give him to help him cope with not getting hound puppies?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A coonskin hat.
(c) A collie puppy.
(d) Traps.

10. What does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 conclude about the dog after noticing his paws are worn?
(a) He has been abused.
(b) He has walked through the woods.
(c) He has traveled a long way.
(d) He has been taken hunting many times.

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

12. What does Little Ann do just as Billy is about to move the dogs to a new location in Chapter 8?
(a) She crosses the river.
(b) She begins barking.
(c) She finds the coon's trail again.
(d) She trees a coon.

13. How does Billy's sister react to his plan to cut down "The Big Tree"?
(a) She admires him.
(b) She thinks he is crazy.
(c) She is confident he can accomplish the task.
(d) She is angry at him for worrying Mama.

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

15. What does Billy tell his mother is the reason why he was able to get the puppies?
(a) God answered his prayer.
(b) His grandfather surprised him with the puppies.
(c) He borrowed money from his grandfather.
(d) He earned the money over three summers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the dog in Chapter 1 show the unnamed man he is feeling better?

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

4. Why does Billy choose the particular names for the puppies that he does?

5. Where will Billy need to pick up his puppies?

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