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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) His grief over the dogs' deaths.
(d) Hunting with the dogs.

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

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

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

6. Why does Billy pay the Pritchard boys $2?
(a) He believes he has lost the bet since the dogs seem to have given up finding the "ghost coon".
(b) He owed them for supplies purchased for hunting.
(c) He believes his dogs have failed him.
(d) His grandfather instructed him to pay the boys regardless of the outcome of the bet.

7. What concerns Billy about Old Dan's behavior when he trees the animal in Chapter 18?
(a) He tries to climb the tree.
(b) He will not leave the tree.
(c) He abandons Little Ann.
(d) He growls and bears his teeth.

8. What criteria must all entrants into the hunting contest in Chapter 14 meet?
(a) They only have to pay a registration fee.
(b) They must be seasoned hunters.
(c) They must be at least 18 years old.
(d) They need to have caught a certain number of raccoons.

9. Where does Little Ann die?
(a) On Old Dan's grave.
(b) In the woods.
(c) At Billy's home.
(d) On the hill where the mountain lion attacked.

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

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

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

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

14. What surprises Billy's grandfather about Little Ann and Old Dan's relationship?
(a) They share everything.
(b) They are not competitive.
(c) They compliment each other well.
(d) They are like a mother and child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the red fern?

2. What does Billy find when he visits to the dogs' graves before leaving home?

3. Who lays next to Old Dan's dead body before it is buried?

4. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?

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

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