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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the red fern?
(a) It is rare and unusual.
(b) It usually only grows in warm climates.
(c) It is supposedly planted by an angel at the grave site of two children.
(d) It is supposedly a gift from God.

3. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?
(a) God.
(b) Grandpa.
(c) His father.
(d) The dogs.

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

5. 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 on the ice.
(c) He is caught in the freezing water.
(d) Little Ann has located the raccoon.

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

7. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?
(a) The raccoon is treed in it.
(b) The raccoon was never there.
(c) The raccoon is not there.
(d) The tree is still blooming.

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

9. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?
(a) Billy hits him with the ax when he tries to attack his dogs.
(b) Billy's dogs attack him.
(c) He trips on branch and falls on his ax.
(d) His brother hits him with the ax.

10. What happens to Grandpa while searching for Old Dan in the storm?
(a) He falls and knocks himself unconscious and injures his ankle.
(b) He must stop to take a rest.
(c) He becomes dehydrated.
(d) He hurts his ankle.

11. Who becomes separated from the group during the storm?
(a) Billy.
(b) The judge.
(c) Papa.
(d) Grandpa.

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

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

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) Take his father and grandfather along hunting.
(d) Give the dogs a pep talk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Billy react when his grandfather tells him he has entered him into the hunting contest?

4. Why does Billy pay the Pritchard boys $2?

5. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?

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