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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Papa do to get Little Ann to come back to Billy in Chapter 17?
(a) He lures her back with a treat.
(b) He shoots his gun.
(c) He calls to her.
(d) He pretends to be a raccoon.

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

3. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is visiting his grandfather.
(b) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(c) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.
(d) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.

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

5. What creature does Old Dan tree one day after the competition?
(a) A bobcat.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A cat.
(d) A raccoon.

6. What does Billy's father show him to help him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) A grave marker he made for the dogs.
(b) The money he earned through hunting.
(c) A new puppy.
(d) The home the family is buying in town.

7. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
(a) A desire to stay near the dogs' graves.
(b) A desire to stay near the river.
(c) Hunting with the dogs.
(d) His grief over the dogs' deaths.

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

9. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?
(a) The flu.
(b) A snow blizzard.
(c) The end of the hunting season.
(d) Injuries to his dogs.

10. When did Billy return to the Ozarks to visit the dogs' graves?
(a) Weekly after the family moved into town.
(b) Never.
(c) Once before his death.
(d) Shortly before he moved out of the state.

11. What does Billy do to help himself see the dogs in the fog in Chapter 11?
(a) He inches closer to the ice pack.
(b) He builds a fire near the shore of the river.
(c) He shines his flashlight on the ice pack.
(d) He tries to put his lantern on the ice pack using a length of cane.

12. Where does Little Ann find the "ghost coon" after Billy believes the bet is over?
(a) Down near the river.
(b) In a hollowed out tree.
(c) In a hollowed out gatepost.
(d) In the ghost tree.

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

14. What does Billy finally notice about his mother as the family discusses the hunting competition over dinner?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is supportive of his hunting career.
(c) She truly loves his father.
(d) She is kind and understanding.

15. Where do the dogs chase a raccoon to in Chapter 11?
(a) Tahlequah.
(b) The river.
(c) A tree.
(d) Billy's family's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?

2. Why do the dogs pounce on a large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?

3. What criteria must all entrants into the hunting contest in Chapter 14 meet?

4. Who does Billy's grandfather hold partly responsible for Rubin's death?

5. Where does Billy's family move to in Chapter 19?

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