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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Billy realize when he hears Old Dan bay while out on the ice?
(a) He has found the raccoon.
(b) Something is wrong.
(c) He is hurt.
(d) He has lost the scent of the raccoon.

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

10. What amazes the other hunters about Old Dan and Little Ann's actions after chasing the raccoon through the river?
(a) They are not tired from swimming.
(b) They do not lose the scent of the raccoon when he goes in the water.
(c) They tend to each others' wounds before continuing to hunt.
(d) They are able to swim even though they are small.

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

12. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
(a) He is unable to keep up with the group.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He is stricken by laughter.
(d) He falls into the river.

13. Where does the "ghost coon" ultimately head for at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) The tallest tree in the forest.
(b) Billy's home.
(c) An old field.
(d) The ghost tree.

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

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 are unfair.
(d) They believe that the dogs must kill the raccoon in order for the bet to be won.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?

2. What does Billy's grandfather tell the boy he must bring with him to the hunting contest?

3. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT something Billy believes would be at the dogs' grave sites years later?

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