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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the group find Old Dan in Chapter 17?
(a) They call to him.
(b) They hear him baying.
(c) They follow the coon.
(d) Little Ann leads them to him.

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

4. Where does Billy's family move to in Chapter 19?
(a) A home closer to town.
(b) The city.
(c) Town.
(d) The Ozark Mountains.

5. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
(a) He wants to comfort his tired dogs.
(b) He does not want to be away from them.
(c) His grandfather's snoring keeps him awake.
(d) His father's snoring keeps him awake.

6. How many raccoons do Billy and the dogs catch during the hunting contest?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

7. What does Billy hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?
(a) The sound of mockingbirds.
(b) The sound of screech owls.
(c) A storm coming.
(d) Old Dan baying.

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

9. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) Getting new dogs.
(b) Remembering the good times he had with the dogs.
(c) Praying to God.
(d) Eating dinner.

10. What surprises the hunting contest judge about Billy's dogs' final catch?
(a) They worked together to tree the raccoon.
(b) They did not give up even though it was daybreak.
(c) They were able to find the raccoon again after he walked a rail fence.
(d) They chased the raccoon for miles.

11. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) A gun.
(c) Money.
(d) A cup of coffee.

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

13. Where does Billy bury the dogs when they die?
(a) Under a sycamore tree.
(b) Near the river.
(c) At the base of a red oak tree.
(d) Next to the family's cabin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Pritchard boys refuse to give Billy his money back?

2. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?

3. Where do the dogs chase a raccoon to in Chapter 11?

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

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

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