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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the dogs pounce on a large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?
(a) It attacks Billy.
(b) It looks like it might attack Billy.
(c) It stands in a threatening way.
(d) It growls at them.

2. What challenge do the Pritchard boys pose for Billy and the dogs?
(a) Catching more raccoons than they have caught.
(b) Catching the biggest raccoon.
(c) Selling the most pelts.
(d) Treeing the "ghost coon."

3. Who lays next to Old Dan's dead body before it is buried?
(a) Billy's sisters.
(b) Little Ann.
(c) Billy.
(d) Billy and Little Ann.

4. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?
(a) He is caught on the ice.
(b) He is caught in the freezing water.
(c) Little Ann has located the raccoon.
(d) Little Ann is caught in the freezing water.

5. Which of the following is NOT something Billy believes would be at the dogs' grave sites years later?
(a) An old rusty lantern.
(b) Red fern.
(c) Red oaks.
(d) The grave marker his father made.

6. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She cannot keep up with Old Dan.
(c) She is gun shy.
(d) She is sometimes too small to climb a tree.

7. Why does Billy pay the Pritchard boys $2?
(a) He owed them for supplies purchased for hunting.
(b) He believes his dogs have failed him.
(c) He believes he has lost the bet since the dogs seem to have given up finding the "ghost coon".
(d) His grandfather instructed him to pay the boys regardless of the outcome of the bet.

8. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?
(a) The last night.
(b) The third night.
(c) The fourth night.
(d) The first night.

9. What does Billy find when he visits to the dogs' graves before leaving home?
(a) A sycamore tree growing up between them.
(b) A red fern growing up between them.
(c) A grave marker made by his father.
(d) The old KC Baking Powder can.

10. What does Billy's grandfather tell the boy he must bring with him to the hunting contest?
(a) All of the supplies he will need to hunt.
(b) Only himself.
(c) Only his dogs.
(d) His dogs and hunting ax.

11. What problem do the dogs face when the raccoon leads them to the river in Chapter 11?
(a) The river is frozen.
(b) The ice on the river is slippery.
(c) They lose the scent of the coon.
(d) The water is too cold to swim in.

12. What event causes Little Ann to become sickly and weak?
(a) Billy's illness.
(b) The mountain lion's attack.
(c) Old Dan's death.
(d) The end of hunting season.

13. What does Billy do to try and gain an advantage on his night of hunting in the contest?
(a) Encourage the dogs.
(b) Give the dogs a pep talk.
(c) Move out of the over-hunted area.
(d) Take his father and grandfather along hunting.

14. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?
(a) He knows Old Dan will never leave a treed raccoon.
(b) He does not feel confident they can find their way back.
(c) They are hunting in an unfamiliar area.
(d) He knows Little Ann will never leave a treed raccoon.

15. Why do the Pritchard boys refuse to give Billy his money back?
(a) They say he owed them the money.
(b) They are cowards.
(c) They believe that the dogs must kill the raccoon in order for the bet to be won.
(d) They are unfair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Billy about Old Dan's behavior when he trees the animal in Chapter 18?

2. Where does Little Ann die?

3. What happens to Grandpa while searching for Old Dan in the storm?

4. Who ultimately kills the large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?

5. How does the animal in Chapter 18 react to Old Dan's threat?

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