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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 shoots his gun.
(b) He lures her back with a treat.
(c) He pretends to be a raccoon.
(d) He calls to her.

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

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

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

5. Whose bragging helps build Billy's reputation as a hunter?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His own.
(d) His grandfather's.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who does Billy's grandfather hold partly responsible for Rubin's death?
(a) Rubin.
(b) Himself.
(c) Billy.
(d) The "ghost coon".

13. How does the animal in Chapter 18 react to Old Dan's threat?
(a) It runs away.
(b) It hides in the tree.
(c) It attacks Little Ann.
(d) It attacks Old Dan.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?

2. What does Billy do to help himself see the dogs in the fog in Chapter 11?

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

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

5. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?

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